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US 9,301,117 Surrendered on reissue
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 20, 2014 (General Electric Capital Corporation).

Surrendered on reissue Jun 18, 2024 · High confidence

Surrendered on reissue Jun 18, 2024 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE50,016.

Filed Aug 21, 2013 as application 13/972,843 · Granted Mar 29, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 233 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Jun 18, 2024
2013 2034
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2013
No longer in force
Jun 18, 2024
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Term would have run to
Apr 11, 2034
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
233
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
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.
4
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 233 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 21, 2013, when this application, 13/972,843, was filedAug 21, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+233 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 11, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidno changeHigh confidence
ReissueUS RE50,016 issued Jun 18, 2024, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Jun 18, 2024High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderJun 18, 2024High confidence

This family

US 9,301,117this patent
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
Application PCT/US2014/051952PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US RE50,016In force (reinstated)
Apr 2034
Apr 2034
Application 90/016,158Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Oct 25, 2013
Reel 31483, frame 249
Leggett, David J.; Maloney, Christopher David; Macdonald, Scott Michael; Hamilton, Mark David; Loberg, Erik Christian; Meng, Chen-lu; Martin, Ken D.Tritech Software SystemsAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 20, 2014
Reel 34327, frame 550
Tritech Software SystemsGeneral Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative AgentPatent Security Agreement
Apr 18, 2017
Reel 42278, frame 667
General Electric Company, as Administrative Agent (as Successor in Interest by Merger to General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent)Tritech Software SystemsTermination and Release of Grant of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Apr 18, 2017
Reel 42279, frame 468
Tritech Software SystemsAres Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Apr 18, 2017
Reel 42280, frame 178
Tritech Software SystemsAres Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Jun 28, 2018
Reel 46455, frame 128
Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative AgentTritech Software SystemsTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Jul 5, 2018
Reel 46491, frame 873
Tritech Software SystemsAntares Capital LP, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patent
Jul 5, 2018
Reel 46491, frame 880
Tritech Software SystemsAntares Capital LP, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 31, 2018
Reel 46990, frame 175
Advanced Public Safety, LLC; Jurisdiction Online, LLC; Tritech Software Systems; Public Safety CorporationAntares Capital LP, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Aug 31, 2018
Reel 46991, frame 845
Antares Capital LP, as Collateral AgentTritech Software SystemsRelease of First Lien Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 046491/0873
Aug 31, 2018
Reel 47528, frame 561
Advanced Public Safety, LLC; Jurisdiction Online, LLC; Tritech Software Systems; Public Safety CorporationAntares Capital LP, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Aug 31, 2018
Reel 47570, frame 648
Antares Capital LP, as Collateral AgentTritech Software SystemsRelease of Second Lien Patent Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 046491/0880
Apr 12, 2024
Reel 67088, frame 941
Centralsquare Technologies, LLC; Tritech Software SystemsAres Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 15, 2024
Reel 67104, frame 103
Antares Capital LP, as AgentAdvanced Public Safety, LLC; Jurisdiction Online, LLC; Tritech Software Systems; Public Safety CorporationRelease of First Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 15, 2024
Reel 67104, frame 128
Antares Capital LP, as AgentAdvanced Public Safety, LLC; Jurisdiction Online, LLC; Tritech Software Systems; Public Safety CorporationRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentAdvanced Public Safety, LLCRelease of First Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentJurisdiction Online, LLCRelease of First Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentTritech Software SystemsRelease of First Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentPublic Safety CorporationRelease of First Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentAdvanced Public Safety, LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentJurisdiction Online, LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentTritech Software SystemsRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentPublic Safety CorporationRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Dec 2, 2025
Reel 73082, frame 869
Centralsquare Inc.Tritech Software SystemsLicense

Sources

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

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