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US 9,015,244 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 21, 2024 (McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd.).

Term ends Aug 19, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Aug 19, 2011 as application 13/214,053 · Granted Apr 21, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Aug 19, 2011
Term ends
Aug 19, 2031
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
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.
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.
10
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Aug 19, 2011, when this application, 13/214,053, was filedAug 19, 2031High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 19, 2031High confidence

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Aug 2031
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Aug 2031
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8 of 10 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
Sep 14, 2012
Reel 28962, frame 786
Mandel, Carl; Mandel, David; Fudge, Brian; Roth, Lew; Watters, KevinDCS Emap CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 18, 2012
Reel 29003, frame 351
DCS Emap CorporationBitvore Corp.Change of Name
Nov 21, 2024
Reel 70070, frame 141
Bitvore Corp.McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd.Security Interest

Sources

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

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