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External Activation of Quiescent Device

US 12,250,099 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 19, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Sep 8, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Sep 8, 2021 as application 17/469,671 · Granted Mar 11, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2041
Clock starts
Sep 8, 2021
Term ends
Sep 8, 2041
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
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.
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.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 8, 2021, when this application, 17/469,671, was filedSep 8, 2041High 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 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 8, 2041High confidence

This family

US 12,250,099this patent
Sep 2041
Sep 2041
US 11,830,383In force
Nov 2041
Nov 2041
Application PCT/US2022/042915PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 12,659,190In force
Sep 2041
Sep 2041
Application 19/669,665Pending
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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
Sep 27, 2021
Reel 57611, frame 676
Preciado, Marciano; Sleight, Sterling; Fillingim, Jeremy DavidPassivelogic, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 19, 2025
Reel 73605, frame 1
Passivelogic, Inc.; Quantum Alliance LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest

Sources

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