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Device for Pipe Inspection and Method of Using Same

US 8,525,124 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Redzone Robotics, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 20, 2022 (First Commonwealth Bank).

Term ends Aug 11, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Nov 3, 2009 as application 12/611,641 · Granted Sep 3, 2013
Base term plus 646 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2031
Clock starts
Nov 3, 2009
Term ends
Aug 11, 2031
Granted
Sep 3, 2013
base term patent term adjustment 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
646
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 646 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 3, 2009, when this application, 12/611,641, was filedNov 3, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+646 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 11, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 11, 2031High confidence

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US 9,739,792In force
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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
May 14, 2010
Reel 24387, frame 930
Atwood, Christopher C.; Juchniewicz, Richard P.; Kratzer, Eric; Slifko, Adam; Johns, PhilipRedzone Robotics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 4, 2018
Reel 45982, frame 558
Redzone Robotics, Inc.Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 17, 2019
Reel 50407, frame 158
Redzone Robotics, Inc.Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 20, 2022
Reel 62160, frame 326
Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLCRedzone Robotics, Inc., a Delaware CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
Reel 62160, frame 976
Redzone Robotics, Inc.; RZR Holdco, Inc.; RZR Buyer Sub, Inc.First Commonwealth BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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