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System and Method for Communication with a Mobile Device via a Positioning System Including RF Communication Devices and Modulated Beacon Light Sources

US 10,003,401 In force
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Term ends Nov 25, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jun 22, 2017 as application 15/630,263 · Granted Jun 19, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Nov 25, 2014
Term ends
Nov 25, 2034
Granted
Jun 19, 2018
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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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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 25, 2014, when application 14/553,424, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 22, 2017)Nov 25, 2034High 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 25, 2034High 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
Jun 23, 2017
Reel 42797, frame 595
Ryan, Daniel; Green, Kelby Edward; Malandrakis, Emanuel Paul; Klitenik, KonstantinBytelight, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 26, 2017
Reel 42816, frame 38
Bytelight, Inc.ABL IP Holding LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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