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Distance Measurement Device

US 10,587,792 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 19, 2020 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Sep 24, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Mar 28, 2017 as application 15/472,116 · Granted Mar 10, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Sep 24, 2014
Term ends
Sep 24, 2034
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,609,200, to Sep 24, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 24, 2014, when application 14/495,862, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 28, 2017)Sep 24, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,609,200)resolves to Sep 24, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 24, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,609,200In force
Oct 2034
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US 10,587,792this patent
Sep 2034
Sep 2034
US 11,494,929In force
Sep 2034
Sep 2034
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
Jun 9, 2017
Reel 42663, frame 549
Panavision Federal Systems, LLCPanavision International, L.p.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 19, 2020
Reel 51858, frame 839
Panavision International, L.p.Bank of America, N.A., as AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 5, 2020
Reel 54285, frame 199
Panavision Inc.; Panavision International, L.p.; Light Iron Digital, LLC; Panavision Europe Limited; Panalux LimitedAlter Domus (US) LLCSecurity Interest
May 2, 2025
Reel 71161, frame 916
Panavision International, L.p.Great Rock Capital Partners Management, LLCSecurity Interest
Apr 23, 2026
Reel 75454, frame 461
Great Rock Capital Partners Management, LLCSiena Lending Group LLCAssignment of Patent Security Agreement

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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