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Access Control System and Method for Use by an Access Device

US 10,657,747 In force
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Term ends Mar 2, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Jul 12, 2018 as application 16/034,278 · Granted May 19, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Mar 2, 2011
Term ends
Mar 2, 2031
Granted
May 19, 2020
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 10,049,514, to Mar 2, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
23
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 2 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 Mar 2, 2011, when application PCT/US2011/026781, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2018)Mar 2, 2031High 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 10,049,514)resolves to Mar 2, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 2, 2031High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2011/026781PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 13/409,511Abandoned
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US 9,646,435In force
Mar 2031
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US 8,996,876In force
Aug 2031
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Application 14/469,066Abandoned
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US 9,373,205In force
Mar 2031
Mar 2031
US 9,911,258In force
Mar 2031
Mar 2031
US 10,163,283In force
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8 of 23 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
Apr 19, 2019
Reel 48942, frame 162
Liberty Plugins, Inc.Urban Intel, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 13, 2020
Reel 54358, frame 642
Outwater, Chris; Redmann, William GibbensLiberty Plugins, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 31, 2021
Reel 55881, frame 376
Liberty Plugins, Inc.Urban Intel, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Name and Receiving Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 48942 Frame: 162. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

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

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