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Sensor Device

US D977,476 In force
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Also listed on Splunk Inc, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Feb 7, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Jan 29, 2021 as application 29/768,604 · Granted Feb 7, 2023
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Feb 7, 2023
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Base term, 15 years from grantGranted Feb 7, 2023Feb 7, 2038High confidence
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Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 7, 2038High 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 22, 2025
Reel 72170, frame 599
Splunk Inc.Splunk LLCChange of Name
Jul 22, 2025
Reel 72173, frame 58
Splunk LLCCisco Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 24, 2026
Reel 73881, frame 432
Tully, TimothySplunk Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

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