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Fitness Facility Equipment Usage Control System and Method

US 8,419,593 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 1, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ended Jan 26, 2024 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on May 19, 2025.

Filed Mar 14, 2012 as application 13/419,488 · Granted Apr 16, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jan 26, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2004
Term ended
Jan 26, 2024
Granted
Apr 16, 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.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Medium. 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 26, 2004, when application 10/765,704, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 14, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 26, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on May 19, 2025, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 26, 2024Medium confidence

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US 8,419,593this patent
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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
Mar 14, 2012
Reel 27859, frame 261
Ainsworth, Mark E.; Silbernagel, Robert J.; Bell, Susan W.m.; Birrell, James S.Precor IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 21, 2021
Reel 56677, frame 591
Precor IncorporatedPeloton Interactive, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 1, 2022
Reel 60247, frame 453
Peloton Interactive, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Patent Security Agreement

Sources

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

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