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Systems Methods and Devices for Increasing Security When Using Smartcards

US 12,229,749 In force
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Term ends Apr 18, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Nov 4, 2020 as application 17/089,543 · Granted Feb 18, 2025
Base term plus 165 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2041
Clock starts
Nov 4, 2020
Term ends
Apr 18, 2041
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
base term patent term adjustment 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
165
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 165 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 4, 2020, when this application, 17/089,543, was filedNov 4, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+165 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 18, 2041High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 18, 2041High confidence

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Application 19/028,967Pending
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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
Nov 4, 2020
Reel 54276, frame 7
Mousseau, Gary; Church, Mark; Edwards, Marcus10353744 Canada Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

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