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Systems and Methods for Laser Tuning and Attaching RFID Tags to Products

US 11,443,160 In force
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Term ends Nov 15, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Sep 18, 2020 as application 17/025,890 · Granted Sep 13, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2019
Term ends
Nov 15, 2039
Granted
Sep 13, 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.
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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 Nov 15, 2019, when applications 16/685,508 and 16/685,584, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Sep 18, 2020)Nov 15, 2039High 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 orderNov 15, 2039High 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
Jun 11, 2021
Reel 56514, frame 939
Trivelpiece, Steve E.; Bergman, Adam S.; Shahidi, Amin; West, George H.; Petersen, Bjoern; Vilaça, João; Chandramowle, Gopal; Garcia, Carlos Gomez; Sequeira, Melwyn F.Sensormatic Electronics, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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