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Apparatus Pertaining to Physically-Discrete Sign Components

US 8,887,422 In force (reinstated)
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Optiva, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 8, 2032 · High confidence

Filed May 2, 2014 as application 14/237,243 · Granted Nov 18, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2012
Term ends
Aug 8, 2032
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
base term 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.
4
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 8, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/049970, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 2, 2014)Aug 8, 2032High 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 paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 8, 2032High confidence

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Application PCT/US2012/049970PCT application
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US 8,887,422this patent
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US 9,038,295In force
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US 9,530,334In force
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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
May 2, 2014
Reel 32807, frame 423
Callahan, Sean Edward; Cuppini, James; Cleaver, Mark Joseph; Canzano, Timothy Edward; Chen, Edward Wayted; Randgaard, Elizabeth Marie; Kirschner, Chad Glenn; Oshgan, Stephen Michael; Shroff, Paresh; Wascow, Joseph Z.; Jackson, Nicholas Patrick; Retzke, Brian Alan; Williams, Daniel JohnIlight Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 21, 2021
Reel 58441, frame 407
Ilight Technologies, Inc.Optiva Technologies, Inc.Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment

Sources

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

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