Lapsed Dec 29, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 6, 2032
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Cradlepoint, Inc.
Filed Nov 13, 2012 as application 13/675,552 · Granted Dec 29, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 29, 2024
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2012
Jul 6, 2012
No longer in force
Dec 29, 2024
Dec 29, 2024
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 2020
Term would have run to
Jul 6, 2032
Jul 6, 2032
base term
after the term ends
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.
0 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.
28
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jul 6, 2032: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 6, 2012, when application 13/543,729, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 13, 2012) | Jul 6, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 29, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 29, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,118,495 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 10,880,162 | this patent Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Application 13/747,371 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,177,957 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 10,135,677 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,110,417 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,992,062 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 10,560,343 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
8 of 28 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2013 Reel 29564, frame 110 | Hankins, Scott Andrew; Mastracci, Andrew John; Elliott, Craig Wesley | Pertino, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35759, frame 401 | Pertino, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 12, 2016 Reel 37721, frame 296 | Pertino, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2018 Reel 44908, frame 833 | Pacific Western Bank | Pertino, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 15, 2018 Reel 45236, frame 545 | Pertino, Inc. | Cradlepoint, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 23, 2020 Reel 54446, frame 250 | Silicon Valley Bank | Cradlepoint, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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