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Systems and Methods for Use of Diagnostic Scan Tool in Automotive Collision Repair

US 11,462,061 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 18, 2021 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).

Term ends Feb 18, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Nov 7, 2019 as application 16/676,576 · Granted Oct 4, 2022
Base term plus 311 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2038
Clock starts
Apr 13, 2017
Term ends
Feb 18, 2038
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
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
311
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.
44
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 311 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 Apr 13, 2017, when application 15/487,379, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 7, 2019)Apr 13, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+311 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 18, 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 orderFeb 18, 2038High confidence

This family

US 10,152,836In force
Apr 2037
Apr 2037
Application PCT/US2017/028341PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,151,812In force
Nov 2037
Nov 2037
Application 16/162,029Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 16/520,026Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 12,026,679In force
Jan 2041
Jan 2041
Application 62/908,354Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,462,061this patent
Feb 2038
Feb 2038
8 of 44 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
Aug 3, 2020
Reel 53379, frame 656
Mitchell International, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCFirst Lien Security Agreement
Aug 3, 2020
Reel 53379, frame 674
Mitchell International, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCSecond Lien Security Agreement
May 10, 2021
Reel 56185, frame 859
Rozint, John JosephRozint Enterprises, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 10, 2021
Reel 56185, frame 896
Rozint Enterprises, Inc.Mitchell International, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 18, 2021
Reel 57841, frame 910
Jefferies Finance LLCMitchell International, Inc.Release of First Lien Security Interest (REEL 053379/0656)
Oct 18, 2021
Reel 57841, frame 959
Jefferies Finance LLCMitchell International, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security Interest (REEL 053379/0674)
Oct 18, 2021
Reel 57842, frame 170
Mitchell International, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USASecond Lien Security Agreement
Oct 18, 2021
Reel 58014, frame 629
Mitchell International, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USAFirst Lien Security Agreement

Sources

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

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