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Method for Changing Mobile Communications Device Functionality Based Upon Receipt of a Second Code and the Location of a Key Device

US 11,017,069 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 10, 2024 (Midcap Financial Trust).

Term ends Apr 21, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jun 3, 2019 as application 16/430,188 · Granted May 25, 2021
Base term plus 40 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Mar 12, 2014
Term ends
Apr 21, 2034
Granted
May 25, 2021
base term patent term adjustment 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
40
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.
6
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 40 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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 12, 2014, when application 14/207,100, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 3, 2019)Mar 12, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+40 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 21, 2034High 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 21, 2034High confidence

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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
Dec 13, 2019
Reel 51282, frame 619
Robinson, William; Mahaffey, Kevin Patrick; Buck, Brian JamesLookout, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 18, 2020
Reel 51966, frame 282
Lookout, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
May 9, 2022
Reel 59909, frame 668
Silicon Valley Bank (the "Bank")Lookout, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 9, 2022
Reel 59909, frame 764
Lookout, Inc.Alter Domus (US) LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 2, 2023
Reel 63844, frame 638
Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Administrative AgentLookout, Inc.Release of Patent Security Interest at Reel 59909 and Frame 0764
Aug 10, 2024
Reel 68538, frame 177
Lookout, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest
Oct 2, 2025
Reel 72989, frame 675
Lookout, Inc.Crescent Cove Opportunity Lending, LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 7, 2025
Reel 73028, frame 189
Lookout, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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