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Method and Device for Tapping and Tracing a Conduit

US 9,057,471 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 27, 2026 (Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC).

Term ends Jun 9, 2033 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Jameson LLC
Filed Jun 17, 2013 as application 13/919,344 · Granted Jun 16, 2015
Base term plus 178 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Dec 13, 2012
Term ends
Jun 9, 2033
Granted
Jun 16, 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
178
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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 178 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 13, 2012, when application 13/713,346, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 17, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Dec 13, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+178 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 9, 2033High 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 orderJun 9, 2033Medium confidence

This family

US 9,057,471this patent
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
Application PCT/US2013/056089PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
2 of 3 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
Dec 17, 2013
Reel 31797, frame 438
Kokoski, Bradley RobertJameson LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 18, 2015
Reel 37324, frame 864
Jameson, LLCMadison Capital Funding LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 30, 2021
Reel 56099, frame 673
Madison Capital Funding LLC, as AgentJameson, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 30, 2021
Reel 56101, frame 423
Huskie Tools, LLC; Jameson, LLCAlly BankSecurity Interest
Mar 27, 2026
Reel 74208, frame 483
Jameson, LLC; Huskie Tools, LLCTwin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 30, 2026
Reel 74219, frame 979
Ally Bank, As AgentJameson, LLC; Huskie Tools, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 30, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Ally Bank, As AgentJameson, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 30, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Ally Bank, As AgentHuskie Tools, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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