Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 3, 2023 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Lapsed Jul 15, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Cummins-Allison Corp.

Filed Feb 15, 2013 as application 13/768,586 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Lapsed Jul 15, 2026

2008 2028

Clock starts
Mar 7, 2008

No longer in force
Jul 15, 2026

Granted
Jul 15, 2014

Term would have run to
Mar 7, 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.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

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.

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 Mar 7, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.

Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Mar 7, 2008, when application 12/044,720, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 15, 2013)	Mar 7, 2028	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Jul 15, 2026	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Jul 15, 2026	High confidence

This family

US 8,204,293	In force Feb 2031	Feb 2031
US 8,331,643	In force Oct 2031	Oct 2031
US 8,401,268	In force May 2030	May 2030
US 8,781,206	this patent Jul 2026	Jul 2026

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.

Recorded	Assignor	Assignee	Conveyance
Aug 14, 2013 Reel 31008, frame 30	Yacoubian, Araz; Csulits, Frank M.; Yang, Danny D.; Mennie, Douglas U.; Jagielinski, Tomasz M.	Cummins-Allison Corp.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 3, 2023 Reel 63237, frame 538	Crane Holdings, Co.; Crane & Co., Inc.; Crane Payment Innovations, Inc.; Crane Security Technologies, Inc.; Cummins-Allison Corp.	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Security Interest

Sources

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

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Citations

later US patents cite this one

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