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US 12,052,083 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 15, 2024 (Farah Capital Limited, as Secured Party).

Term ends no later than Feb 21, 2034 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by Ossia Inc.
Filed Sep 5, 2023 as application 18/461,124 · Granted Jul 30, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2014
Ends no later than
Feb 21, 2034
Granted
Jul 30, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
7
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Feb 21, 2014, when application 14/186,344, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 5, 2023)Feb 21, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Feb 21, 2034Medium confidence

This family

US 9,351,281In force
Feb 2034
Feb 2034
US 9,736,815In force
Feb 2034
Feb 2034
US 10,523,301In force
Feb 2034
Feb 2034
US 11,265,064In force
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
US 11,784,699In force
Feb 2034
Feb 2034
US 12,052,083this patent
no later than Feb 2034
no later than Feb 2034
Application 18/759,777Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Nov 7, 2023
Reel 65485, frame 769
Zeine, Hatem I.Ossia Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 15, 2024
Reel 68369, frame 303
Ossia Inc.Farah Capital Limited, As Secured Party; Nerve Investment SPV Ltd., as Secured Party; Toyoda Gosei., Ltd.Amended and Restated Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Ossia Inc.Farah Capital Limited, As Secured PartyAmended and Restated Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Ossia Inc.Nerve Investment SPV Ltd., as Secured PartyAmended and Restated Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Ossia Inc.Toyoda Gosei., Ltd.Amended and Restated Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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