Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 8, 2020 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Nov 1, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 2, 2029
Held by Ecoatm, LLC
Filed Jun 8, 2013 as application 13/913,408 · Granted Jul 24, 2018
Base term plus 1126 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2032
Clock starts
Oct 2, 2009
Oct 2, 2009
Term ends
Nov 1, 2032
Nov 1, 2032
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,126
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.
41
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 1126 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
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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 2, 2009, when application 12/573,089, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 8, 2013) | Oct 2, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1126 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 1, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 1, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,195,511 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 7,881,965 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,200,533 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,239,262 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 10,055,798 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,463,646 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application 13/492,835 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,423,404 | In force no later than Oct 2029 | no later than Oct 2029 |
8 of 41 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2013 Reel 30610, frame 347 | Bowles, Mark Vincent | Ecoatm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 6, 2013 Reel 31171, frame 855 | Ecoatm, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| May 14, 2014 Reel 32889, frame 883 | Beane, John Andrew; Curbbun, Charles Stanley; Duben, Ahron; Leach, William John; Miller, John; Ploetner, Jeff; Stossell, Lee-anne; Tullie, Thomas L.; Vesco, Neil; Rosser, Eric | Ecoatm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 14, 2014 Reel 32888, frame 944 | Bowles, Mark Vincent; Van Rooyen, Pieter; Librizzi, Michael | Ecoatm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 28, 2016 Reel 40168, frame 317 | Bank of America, N.A. (a National Banking INSTITUTION0 | Ecoatm, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation) | Release of Intellectual Property Security Interest |
| Mar 8, 2017 Reel 41505, frame 967 | Ecoatm, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2018 Reel 45962, frame 85 | Ecoatm, Inc. | Ecoatm, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 7, 2020 Reel 51431, frame 522 | Silicon Valley Bank | Ecoatm, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2020 Reel 51504, frame 383 | Ecoatm, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2032
Term ends Nov 1, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1126 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
157
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.