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Smart Waste Receptacle Providing Use-Incentive

US 10,185,935 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 9, 2024 (Eclipse Business Capital LLC).

Term ends Dec 3, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Aug 8, 2016 as application 15/231,095 · Granted Jan 22, 2019
Base term plus 117 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2016
Term ends
Dec 3, 2036
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
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
117
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.

This patent's term runs 117 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Aug 8, 2016, when this application, 15/231,095, was filedAug 8, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+117 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 3, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 3, 2036High confidence

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
Oct 18, 2016
Reel 40043, frame 126
Rodoni, PhilipRubicon Global Holdings, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 6, 2017
Reel 42615, frame 231
Rodoni, PhilipRubicon Global Holdings, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 8, 2019
Reel 48034, frame 82
Rubicon Global Holdings, LLCEncina Business Credit, LLCSecurity Interest
Apr 1, 2019
Reel 48749, frame 710
Rubicon Global, LLCPathlight Capital LPSecurity Interest
Dec 5, 2021
Reel 58303, frame 168
Rubicon Global Holdings, LLCRubicon Technologies, LLCChange of Name
May 23, 2023
Reel 63728, frame 342
Rubicon Technologies, LLCRubicon Technologies Holdings, LLCChange of Name
Jun 12, 2023
Reel 63957, frame 147
Pathlight Capital LPRubicon Technologies, LLC; Rubicon Global, LLC; Rubicon Global Holdings, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 12, 2023
Reel 63957, frame 283
Eclipse Business Capital, LLC (F/K/A Encina Business Credit, LLC)Rubicon Global, LLC; Rubicon Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 12, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital LPRubicon Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 12, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital LPRubicon Global, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 12, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital LPRubicon Global Holdings, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 12, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Eclipse Business Capital, LLC (F/K/A Encina Business Credit, LLC)Rubicon Global, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 12, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Eclipse Business Capital, LLC (F/K/A Encina Business Credit, LLC)Rubicon Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 30, 2024
Reel 67560, frame 167
Rubicon Technologies, Inc.; Rubicon Technologies Holdings, LLC; Rubicon Technologies International, Inc.; Rubicon Global, LLC; Cleanco LLC; Charter Waste Management, Inc.; Riverroad Waste Solutions, Inc.Acquiom Agency Services LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 13, 2024
Reel 68583, frame 180
Rubicon Technologies, Inc.; Rubicon Technologies Holdings, LLC; Rubicon Technologies International, Inc.; Rubicon Global, LLC; Cleanco LLC; Charter Waste Management, Inc.; Riverroad Waste Solutions, Inc.Midcap Funding IV TrustSecurity Interest
Dec 9, 2024
Reel 69521, frame 812
Rubicon Technologies Holdings, LLCEclipse Business Capital LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 11, 2024
Reel 69549, frame 363
Acquiom Agency Services LLCRubicon Technologies Holdings, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 11, 2024
Reel 69587, frame 538
Midcap Funding IV TrustRubicon Technologies Holdings, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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