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Automated Authorization to Access Surveillance Video Based on Pre-Specified Events

US 9,041,812 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 19, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Nov 22, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Nov 13, 2012 as application 13/675,429 · Granted May 26, 2015
Base term plus 374 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Nov 13, 2012
Term ends
Nov 22, 2033
Granted
May 26, 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
374
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.
2
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 374 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 13, 2012, when this application, 13/675,429, was filedNov 13, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+374 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 22, 2033High 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 orderNov 22, 2033High confidence

This family

US 9,041,812this patent
Nov 2033
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US 9,191,632In force
Nov 2033
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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
Jan 17, 2013
Reel 29652, frame 363
Billau, Ronald L.; Di Luoffo, Vincenzo V.; Dumarot, Dan P.; Paschal, Matthew J.; Schulz, Brandon W.; Woodbury, James E.International Business Machines CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 1, 2019
Reel 49156, frame 640
International Business Machines CorporationEcobee Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 15, 2020
Reel 52678, frame 864
Inc., EcobeeStructured Alpha LPSecurity Interest
May 19, 2020
Reel 52704, frame 656
Ecobee Inc.Ast Trust Company (Canada)Security Interest
Dec 16, 2021
Reel 58521, frame 1
Structured Alpha LP, by Its General Partner Thomvest Asset Management Ltd.Ecobee, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 16, 2021
Reel 58568, frame 1
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC D/B/A Ast Trust Company (Canada)Ecobee, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 31, 2022
Reel 58905, frame 211
Ecobee Inc.Ecobee Technologies Inc.Change of Name
Jan 31, 2022
Reel 58907, frame 363
1339416 B.C. Ltd.Ecobee Technologies ULCChange of Name
Jan 31, 2022
Reel 58917, frame 69
Ecobee Technologies ULCGenerac Holdings Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 31, 2022
Reel 58917, frame 161
Generac Holdings Inc.Generac Power Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 31, 2022
Reel 61001, frame 949
1339416 B.C. Ltd.; Ecobee Technologies Inc.1339416 B.C. Ltd.Merger and Change of Name
Feb 7, 2022
Reel 59205, frame 822
Structured Alpha LP, by Its General Partner Thomvest Asset Management Ltd.Ecobee Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Name from Ecobee, Inc. to Ecobee Inc. Previously Recorded at Reel: 058521 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest.
Feb 8, 2022
Reel 58965, frame 106
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC D/B/A Ast Trust Company (Canada)Ecobee Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party from Ecobee, Inc. to Ecobee Inc. Previously Recorded at Reel: 058568 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Apr 20, 2022
Reel 59713, frame 780
Ecobee Technologies ULCGenerac Holdings Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 20, 2022
Reel 59713, frame 799
Generac Holdings Inc.Generac Power Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 26, 2022
Reel 59805, frame 101
Ecobee Inc.Ecobee Technologies Inc.Continued - Change of Jurisdiction
Apr 26, 2022
Reel 59825, frame 668
1339416 B.C. Ltd.Ecobee Technologies ULCChange of Name
Apr 26, 2022
Reel 59825, frame 888
1339416 B.C. Ltd.; Ecobee Technologies Inc.1339416 B.C. Ltd.Amalgamation
Jul 25, 2022
Reel 60907, frame 90
1339416 B.C. Ltd.; Ecobee Technologies Inc.1339416 B.C. Ltd.Amalgamation
Sep 19, 2022
Reel 61476, frame 745
Generac Power Systems, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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