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Network-Controlled Charging System for Electric Vehicles Through Use of a Remote Server

US 8,138,715 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 13, 2015 (Ares Capital Corporation).

Lapsed Mar 20, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Mar 1, 2011 as application 13/038,336 · Granted Mar 20, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 20, 2024
2008 2028
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2008
No longer in force
Mar 20, 2024
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Term would have run to
Jan 11, 2028
base term after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,956,570, to Jan 11, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
22
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Jan 11, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 11, 2008, when application 12/013,296, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 1, 2011)Jan 11, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,956,570)resolves to Jan 11, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Mar 20, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 20, 2024High confidence

This family

US 7,956,570In force
Apr 2030
Apr 2030
Application 12/335,274Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application PCT/US2009/030276PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,952,319In force
Apr 2028
Apr 2028
US 8,025,526In force
Apr 2030
Apr 2030
US 8,138,715this patent
Mar 2024
Mar 2024
Application PCT/US2011/033327PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,866,436Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
8 of 22 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 21, 2012
Reel 29339, frame 711
Coulomb Technologies, Inc.Chargepoint, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 22, 2014
Reel 34571, frame 86
Lowenthal, Richard; Baxter, Dave; Bhade, Harjinder; Mandal, PraveenCoulomb Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 30, 2014
Reel 34714, frame 76
Chargepoint, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jan 13, 2015
Reel 34757, frame 811
Chargepoint, Inc.Ares Capital CorporationSecurity Interest
Nov 12, 2015
Reel 37105, frame 583
Chargepoint, Inc.Ares Capital CorporationCorrective Assignment to Correct the Address of Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 034757 Frame 811. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Nov 14, 2017
Reel 44442, frame 781
Ares Capital CorporationBearcub Acquisitions LLCAssignment of IP Security Agreement
Jul 12, 2018
Reel 46531, frame 719
Chargepoint Inc.; CPI Integration Holdings, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentSecurity Agreement
Jul 12, 2018
Reel 46531, frame 749
Bearcub Acquisitions LLCChargepoint Inc.Termination and Release of Security Agreement at Reel 044442/FRAME 0781
Oct 9, 2020
Reel 54630, frame 890
Chargepoint Inc.; CPI Integration Holdings, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentCorrective Assignment to Correct the Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number Listed on Page 2, Line 21, 15894778 Previously Recorded at Reel: 46531 Frame: 719. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Oct 13, 2020
Reel 54064, frame 295
Silicon Valley BankChargepoint, Inc.Release
Mar 17, 2021
Reel 55632, frame 704
Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentChargepoint Inc.; CPI Integration Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 17, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentChargepoint Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 17, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentCPI Integration Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 3, 2023
Reel 64483, frame 754
Chargepoint, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 19, 2025
Reel 73634, frame 312
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Chargepoint, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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