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Air Sampling Actuator and Associated Method

US 11,150,167 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 23, 2024 (Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company).

Term ends Mar 30, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Mar 30, 2021 as application 17/217,979 · Granted Oct 19, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2041
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2021
Term ends
Mar 30, 2041
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 30, 2021, when this application, 17/217,979, was filedMar 30, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderMar 30, 2041High confidence

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US 11,573,157In force
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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
Jun 23, 2021
Reel 56643, frame 87
Lunar Outpost Inc.Project Canary, PbcAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 11, 2021
Reel 57210, frame 13
Cyrus, Julian; Bowersox, Luke; Moxham, ColbyLunar Outpost Inc.Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement -- Assigning Inventions
Feb 23, 2024
Reel 66662, frame 483
Project Canary, PbcSilicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Oct 30, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyProject Canary, PbcRelease of Security Interest
Oct 30, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyInternational Environmental Standards PBCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 30, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyAeris Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 30, 2026
Reel 76577, frame 566
First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyProject Canary, Pbc; International Environmental Standards PBC; Aeris Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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