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Positioning Apparatus for Photographic and Video Imaging and Recording and System Utilizing the Same

US 11,962,896 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 4, 2025 (Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.).

Term ends Nov 14, 2032 · High confidence

Held by GoPro, Inc.
Filed Oct 31, 2022 as application 17/976,997 · Granted Apr 16, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2012
Term ends
Nov 14, 2032
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 14, 2012, when application 13/676,128, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 31, 2022)Nov 14, 2032High 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 orderNov 14, 2032High confidence

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Application PCT/US2012/064990PCT application
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Application 13/676,131Abandoned
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US 9,441,781In force
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US 11,489,995In force
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US 11,962,896this patent
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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
Feb 15, 2023
Reel 62708, frame 579
Guyot, Josh; Bevirt, JoebenMotrr LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 15, 2023
Reel 62708, frame 693
Motrr LLCGoPro, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 4, 2025
Reel 72340, frame 676
GoPro, Inc.Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C., as AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 4, 2025
Reel 72358, frame 1
GoPro, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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