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Methods, Apparatuses and Systems for Sensing Exposure of Electronic Devices to Moisture

US 10,541,529 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 7, 2019 (Cathay Bank).

Term ends Mar 25, 2035 · High confidence

Held by Hzo, Inc.
Filed Sep 29, 2015 as application 14/868,825 · Granted Jan 21, 2020
Base term plus 810 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2035
Clock starts
Jan 4, 2013
Term ends
Mar 25, 2035
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
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
810
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.
10
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 810 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 Jan 4, 2013, when application 13/734,779, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2015)Jan 4, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+810 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 25, 2035High 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 orderMar 25, 2035High confidence

This family

US 9,071,046In force
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
US 8,773,271Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
US 9,157,880In force
Jan 2034
Jan 2034
US 9,146,207In force
Jan 2033
Jan 2033
Application PCT/US2014/050732PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,559,514Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2025
Jan 2025
US 10,541,529this patent
Mar 2035
Mar 2035
Application 14/871,105Abandoned
not computed
not computed
8 of 10 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
Jan 3, 2018
Reel 44995, frame 270
Hzo, Inc.Cathay BankSecurity Interest
Jan 22, 2018
Reel 44687, frame 743
Stevens, Blake; Sorenson, Max; Harper, Marcellus; Maynard, JasonHzo, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 7, 2019
Reel 48284, frame 626
Hzo, Inc.Cathay BankSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2023
Reel 63861, frame 25
Hzo, Inc.; Hzo Hong Kong LimitedCathay BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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