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US 10,054,259 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 10, 2018 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).

Term ends Jun 7, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jun 7, 2017 as application 15/615,900 · Granted Aug 21, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jun 7, 2017
Term ends
Jun 7, 2037
Granted
Aug 21, 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.
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.
11
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 Jun 7, 2017, when this application, 15/615,900, was filedJun 7, 2037High 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 orderJun 7, 2037High confidence

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8 of 11 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 21, 2018
Reel 45302, frame 716
Hobbs, Molly; Barnett, David B.Popsockets LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2018
Reel 45489, frame 605
Popsockets LLCWells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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