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Method of Forming an Apparatus Used for Reducing Electromagnetic Interference

US 8,347,486 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 19, 2019 (JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ended Mar 2, 2024 · High confidence

Filed Dec 22, 2011 as application 13/334,427 · Granted Jan 8, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Mar 2, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Mar 2, 2004
Term ended
Mar 2, 2024
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
2
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 2, 2004, when application 10/791,084, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 22, 2011)Mar 2, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 2, 2024High confidence

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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
Dec 22, 2011
Reel 27432, frame 931
Steigerwald, Todd W.; Mayfield, JerryMotion Computing, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 13, 2012
Reel 28040, frame 449
Motion Computing, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Apr 1, 2015
Reel 35312, frame 426
Silicon Valley BankMotion Computing, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 17, 2017
Reel 43212, frame 430
Xplore Technologies Corp.Bank Of America, N.a.Security Agreement
Aug 1, 2018
Reel 46698, frame 795
Motion Computing Inc.Xplore Technologies Corporation of AmericaTransfer Statement
Sep 6, 2018
Reel 47029, frame 494
Bank Of America, N.a.Xplore Technologies Corp.; Xplore Technologies Corporation of AmericaRelease of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 043212/0430
Sep 6, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Xplore Technologies Corp.Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 043212/0430
Sep 6, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Xplore Technologies Corporation of AmericaRelease of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 043212/0430
Oct 12, 2018
Reel 47148, frame 495
Xplore Technologies Corporation of AmericaJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 10, 2019
Reel 49714, frame 828
Xplore Technologies Corporation of AmericaZebra Technologies CorporationMerger
Sep 19, 2019
Reel 50427, frame 248
Zebra Technologies CorporationJP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentNotice of Transfer of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 1, 2020
Reel 53841, frame 212
Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime CorporationJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Mar 5, 2021
Reel 56036, frame 590
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime CorporationRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day
Mar 5, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Zebra Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day
Mar 5, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Laser Band, LLCRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day
Mar 5, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Temptime CorporationRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day

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