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US 11,262,851 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 15, 2023 (Verisfi I, LLC).

Term ends Jan 28, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Jul 23, 2021 as application 17/384,527 · Granted Mar 1, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2020
Term ends
Jan 28, 2040
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,157,086, to Jan 28, 2040. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
24
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 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 Jan 28, 2020, when application 16/774,825, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 23, 2021)Jan 28, 2040High 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 11,157,086)resolves to Jan 28, 2040, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 28, 2040High confidence

This family

Application 16/774,825Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 11,157,086In force
Jan 2040
Jan 2040
US 11,199,908In force
Jan 2040
Jan 2040
Application PCT/US2021/014723PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2021/014694PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2021/014659PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,567,581In force
May 2040
May 2040
US 11,262,851this patent
Jan 2040
Jan 2040
8 of 24 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
Jul 28, 2021
Reel 57000, frame 714
Cipoletta, David O.; Ang, Dexter W.Pison Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 15, 2023
Reel 64593, frame 223
Pison Technology, Inc.Verisfi I, LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 19, 2025
Reel 73278, frame 507
Versifi I, LLCPison Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 5, 2026
Reel 74199, frame 323
Pison Technology, Inc.Schoeller Invest GmbHSecurity Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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