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Method for Electronic Device Virtualization and Management

US 11,861,385 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 18, 2024 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Dec 31, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Feb 6, 2020 as application 16/784,072 · Granted Jan 2, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2014
Term ends
Dec 31, 2034
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
base term 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
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 31, 2014, when application 14/588,359, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 6, 2020)Dec 31, 2034High 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 events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 31, 2034High confidence

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US 10,628,186In force
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US 11,861,385this patent
Dec 2034
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US 12,379,949In force
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Application 19/279,988Pending
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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
Mar 4, 2020
Reel 52012, frame 481
Jaber, Jaber; Liu, Simon; Pak, Victor; Guerrero, Ricardo A.; Park, Eric S.; Farah, Mina; Ilgen, Marc Robert; Jankov, DusanPakedge Device & Software, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 4, 2020
Reel 52012, frame 689
Pakedge Device & Software Inc.CONTROL4 CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 4, 2020
Reel 52012, frame 810
CONTROL4 CorporationWirepath Home Systems, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 25, 2021
Reel 57298, frame 14
Wirepath Home Systems, LLCSnap One, LLCChange of Name
Jul 18, 2024
Reel 68426, frame 446
Snap One, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

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