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Method for Offering a Protection Policy for a Mobile Device

US 11,651,440 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 19, 2021 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Sep 2, 2031 · High confidence

Held by Asurion, LLC
Filed Nov 30, 2020 as application 17/107,522 · Granted May 16, 2023
Base term plus 92 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Jun 2, 2011
Term ends
Sep 2, 2031
Granted
May 16, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
92
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,853,885, US 8,635,092, US 9,984,416, to Sep 2, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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 92 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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 Jun 2, 2011, when application 13/152,141, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 30, 2020)Jun 2, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+92 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 2, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,853,885, US 8,635,092, US 9,984,416)resolves to Sep 2, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 2, 2031High confidence

This family

US 8,635,092In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 9,984,416In force
May 2033
May 2033
US 10,853,885In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 11,651,440this patent
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
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 8, 2021
Reel 56792, frame 362
Wooldridge, Carl; Johnson, Brian; Anton, Francis, JR.; Pittman, Jeffrey HunterAsurion CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 8, 2021
Reel 56799, frame 916
Asurion CorporationAsurion, LLCChange of Name
Jul 12, 2021
Reel 56898, frame 426
Wooldridge, Carl; Johnson, Brian; Anton, Francis, JR.; Pittman, Jeffrey HunterAsurion CorporationCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee State of Incoproartion Previously Recorded at Reel: 56792 Frame: 362. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Jul 19, 2021
Reel 56909, frame 341
Asurion, LLC; Simplr Solutions, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSupplement No. 9 to the First Lient Patent Security Agreement
Jul 19, 2021
Reel 56909, frame 382
Asurion, LLC; Simplr Solutions, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSupplement No. 7 to the Second Lien Patent Security Agreement
Dec 19, 2025
Reel 73275, frame 401
Asurion, LLC; Asurion Services, LLC; Simplr Solutions, Inc.Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 30, 2026
Reel 73643, frame 1
Asurion, LLC; Asurion Services, LLC; Simplr Solutions, Inc.Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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