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Automatic System Access Using Facial Recognition

US 10,235,822 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 27, 2025 (Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Priority Collateral Trustee).

Term ends Apr 25, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Vivint, Inc.
Filed Oct 11, 2017 as application 15/730,501 · Granted Mar 19, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Apr 25, 2014
Term ends
Apr 25, 2034
Granted
Mar 19, 2019
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.
6
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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 25, 2014, when application 14/262,506, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 11, 2017)Apr 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 orderApr 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
Oct 11, 2017
Reel 43841, frame 910
Nye, James E.Vivint, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 6, 2018
Reel 47024, frame 48
Vivint, Inc.Bank of America N.A.Suppl. No. 2 Security Agreement
Sep 6, 2018
Reel 47029, frame 304
Vivint, Inc.Bank Of America, N.a.Security Agreement
May 23, 2019
Reel 49283, frame 566
Vivint, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Jul 12, 2021
Reel 56832, frame 824
Bank Of America, N.a.Vivint, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 1, 2024
Reel 69289, frame 468
Bank Of America, N.a.Vivint LLC (F/K/A Vivint, Inc.)Release (REEL 047029/ Frame 0304)
Nov 11, 2024
Reel 69334, frame 137
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentVivint, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 049283, Frame 0566
Feb 27, 2025
Reel 70349, frame 816
Vivint LLC; Smart Home Pros, Inc.; Vivint Amigo, Inc.Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Priority Collateral TrusteeAfter-Acquired Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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