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Method using wearable device with unique user ID and telemetry system in communication with one or more social networks

US 9,438,044 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Aug 1, 2034 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by Fitbit, Inc.
Filed Jun 21, 2013 as application 13/923,750 · Granted Sep 6, 2016
Base term plus 406 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Jun 21, 2013
Ends no later than
Aug 1, 2034
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
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
406
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
94
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 406 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jun 21, 2013, when this application, 13/923,750, was filedJun 21, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+406 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 1, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Aug 1, 2034Medium confidence

This family

US 8,601,747In force
no later than Apr 2032
no later than Apr 2032
US 9,407,097In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
US 8,810,430In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
US 8,850,421Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
US 9,425,627In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
US 9,438,044this patent
no later than Aug 2034
no later than Aug 2034
Application 13/923,583Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,803,366In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
8 of 94 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 17, 2013
Reel 30817, frame 767
Proud, JamesHello Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 8, 2017
Reel 43790, frame 938
Hello (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLCFitbit, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 8, 2017
Reel 43791, frame 801
Hello Inc.Hello (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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