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System, Device, and Method of Detecting Identity of a User of a Mobile Electronic Device

US 8,938,787 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 16, 2019 (Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) L.P.).

Term ends Dec 18, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Jun 20, 2013 as application 13/922,271 · Granted Jan 20, 2015
Base term plus 19 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2011
Term ends
Dec 18, 2031
Granted
Jan 20, 2015
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
19
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.
82
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 19 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

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 Nov 29, 2011, when application PCT/IL2011/000907, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 20, 2013)Nov 29, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+19 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 18, 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 orderDec 18, 2031High confidence

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Nov 2031
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8 of 82 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Jul 24, 2013
Reel 30862, frame 232
Turgeman, AviBioCatch Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 6, 2016
Reel 40233, frame 426
BioCatch Ltd.Kreos Capital V (Expert Fund) L.P.Security Interest
Jun 13, 2019
Reel 49459, frame 302
BioCatch Ltd.BioCatch Ltd.Change of Address
Jun 16, 2019
Reel 49480, frame 823
BioCatch Ltd.Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) L.P.Security Interest
Sep 14, 2020
Reel 53769, frame 729
Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) LPBioCatch Ltd.Intellectual Property Security Agreement Termination Under Reel/Frame: 049480/0823
Sep 14, 2020
Reel 53770, frame 145
Kreos Capital V (Expert Fund) L.P.BioCatch Ltd.Intellectual Property Security Agreement Termination Under Reel/Frame: 040233/0426

Sources

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

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