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Mode Changing Of A Mobile Communication Device And Vehicle Settings When The Mobile Communications Device Is In Proximity To A Vehicle

US 9,661,125 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ended Oct 6, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Lyft, Inc.
Filed Nov 3, 2015 as application 14/930,987 · Granted May 23, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 6, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2006
Term ended
Oct 6, 2026
Granted
May 23, 2017
base term after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,219,811, to Oct 6, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Oct 6, 2006, when application 11/539,560, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 3, 2015)Oct 6, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,219,811)resolves to Oct 6, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 6, 2026High confidence

This family

US 7,937,075In force
Dec 2027
Dec 2027
US 9,219,811Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
US 9,661,125this patent
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 10,178,220Term ended
no later than Oct 2026
no later than Oct 2026
US 10,477,010Term ended
no later than Oct 2026
no later than Oct 2026
US 11,412,082Term ended
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 12,069,199Term ended
no later than Oct 2026
no later than Oct 2026
Application 18/808,615Pending
not computed
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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 23, 2017
Reel 41043, frame 761
Zellner, SamuelBellSouth Intellectual Property CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 23, 2017
Reel 41048, frame 534
AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 23, 2017
Reel 41069, frame 706
BellSouth Intellectual Property CorporationAT&T Intellectual Property, Inc.Change of Name
Jan 23, 2017
Reel 41069, frame 775
AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc.AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.Change of Name
Jan 23, 2017
Reel 41069, frame 834
AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.Change of Name
Jun 18, 2018
Reel 46376, frame 731
BellSouth Intellectual Property CorporationAT&T Intellectual Property, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date Previously Recorded at Reel: 041069 Frame: 0706. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.
Jul 16, 2018
Reel 46556, frame 96
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Prosper Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 18, 2019
Reel 48097, frame 402
Prosper Technology, LLCLyft, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 3, 2022
Reel 61880, frame 237
Lyft, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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