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Dynamic Control of Smart Home Using Wearable Device

US 9,473,321 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Ecobee Technologies Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 19, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Nov 23, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Feb 9, 2016 as application 15/018,943 · Granted Oct 18, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Nov 23, 2015
Term ends
Nov 23, 2035
Granted
Oct 18, 2016
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.
6
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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 23, 2015, when application 14/948,674, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2016)Nov 23, 2035High 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 orderNov 23, 2035High confidence

This family

US 10,250,403In force
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US 9,473,321this patent
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US 9,909,772In force
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US 10,072,866In force
Nov 2035
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US 10,855,486In force
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Application 17/105,917Abandoned
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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
Feb 9, 2016
Reel 37691, frame 614
Bazar, Sandeep; Katruwar, Kaustubh I.; Patil, Sandeep R.; Punadikar, Sachin C.International Business Machines CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 28, 2019
Reel 48463, frame 985
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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