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Vehicle Photographic Chamber

US 10,939,023 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 1, 2023 (Ally Bank).

Term ends Apr 24, 2038 · High confidence

Held by Carvana, LLC
Filed Dec 7, 2017 as application 15/834,374 · Granted Mar 2, 2021
Base term plus 138 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2038
Clock starts
Dec 7, 2017
Term ends
Apr 24, 2038
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
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
138
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.
4
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 138 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 Dec 7, 2017, when this application, 15/834,374, was filedDec 7, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+138 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 24, 2038High 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 orderApr 24, 2038High confidence

This family

US 10,939,023this patent
Apr 2038
Apr 2038
US 11,856,282In force
Sep 2038
Sep 2038
US 12,316,945In force
Dec 2037
Dec 2037
Application 19/202,963Pending
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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 22, 2019
Reel 48960, frame 127
Scheich, DavoOvad Custom Stages, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 17, 2020
Reel 52142, frame 440
Ovad Custom Stages, LLCCarvana, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 1, 2023
Reel 64802, frame 818
Carvana, LLCAlly Bank; Ally Financial Inc.U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Sep 1, 2023
Reel 64803, frame 213
Carvana, LLCU.S. Bank Trust Company, National AssociationPatent Security Agreement
Sep 1, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Carvana, LLCAlly BankU.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Sep 1, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Carvana, LLCAlly Financial Inc.U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Oct 1, 2025
Reel 72987, frame 940
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National AssociationCarvana, LLCRelease of Security Interest at R/F 64802/0900
Aug 20, 2026
Reel 76233, frame 885
Carvana, LLCBarclays Bank PLCPatent Security Agreement
Aug 24, 2026
Reel 76310, frame 177
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National AssociationCarvana, LLCRelease of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 064802/0925

Sources

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

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