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US 9,684,484 In force
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Term ends May 29, 2033 · High confidence

Held by Sonos, Inc.
Filed May 29, 2013 as application 13/904,949 · Granted Jun 20, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
May 29, 2013
Term ends
May 29, 2033
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
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.
30
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

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 May 29, 2013, when this application, 13/904,949, was filedMay 29, 2033High 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 orderMay 29, 2033High confidence

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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
Jul 16, 2013
Reel 30809, frame 571
Kumar, Abhishek; Schulert, Andrew; Lambourne, Robert; Coburn, Arther, IVSonos, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 1, 2016
Reel 38329, frame 253
Sonos, Inc.Gordon Brothers Finance CompanySecurity Interest
Nov 28, 2016
Reel 40431, frame 892
Coburn, Arthur L., IVSonos, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 25, 2018
Reel 46625, frame 882
Gordon Brothers Finance CompanySonos, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 30, 2018
Reel 46991, frame 433
Sonos, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Oct 15, 2021
Reel 58123, frame 206
Sonos, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Agreement
Oct 18, 2021
Reel 58213, frame 597
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Sonos, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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