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Positioning Apparatus for Photographic and Video Imaging and Recording and System Utilizing the Same

US 10,021,286 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 4, 2025 (Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.).

Term ends Jan 5, 2033 · High confidence

Held by GoPro, Inc.
Filed Jul 22, 2016 as application 15/217,185 · Granted Jul 10, 2018
Base term plus 52 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2012
Term ends
Jan 5, 2033
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
base term patent term adjustment 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
52
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
8
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 runs 52 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 14, 2012, when application 13/676,128, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 22, 2016)Nov 14, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+52 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 5, 2033High 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 orderJan 5, 2033High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2012/064990PCT application
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Application 13/676,131Abandoned
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US 9,441,781In force
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US 10,021,286this patent
Jan 2033
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US 10,791,257In force
Nov 2032
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US 10,462,347In force
Nov 2032
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US 11,489,995In force
Feb 2033
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US 11,962,896In force
Nov 2032
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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
Jul 22, 2016
Reel 39235, frame 260
Bevirt, JoebenMotrr, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 22, 2016
Reel 39235, frame 358
Guyot, JoshMotrr, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 22, 2016
Reel 39235, frame 610
Motrr, LLCGoPro, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 16, 2016
Reel 40996, frame 652
GoPro, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 3, 2018
Reel 47713, frame 309
GoPro, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 25, 2021
Reel 55106, frame 434
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentGoPro, Inc.Release of Patent Security Interest
Aug 4, 2025
Reel 72340, frame 676
GoPro, Inc.Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C., as AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 4, 2025
Reel 72358, frame 1
GoPro, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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