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Authorization in a Networked Electric Vehicle Charging System

US 12,068,620 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Jul 23, 2029 · 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.

Filed May 31, 2022 as application 17/829,005 · Granted Aug 20, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jul 23, 2009
Ends no later than
Jul 23, 2029
Granted
Aug 20, 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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
6
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 1 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 Jul 23, 2009, when application 12/508,475, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 31, 2022)Jul 23, 2029High 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 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jul 23, 2029Medium confidence

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US 11,349,313In force
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US 12,068,620this patent
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no later than Jul 2029
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, 2023
Reel 64483, frame 754
Chargepoint, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 19, 2025
Reel 73634, frame 312
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Chargepoint, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 25, 2025
Reel 73715, frame 219
Chargepoint, Inc.Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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