Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 17, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jan 10, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 10, 2034
Held by Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
Filed Apr 17, 2023 as application 18/135,294 · Granted Oct 21, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jan 10, 2014
Jan 10, 2014
Term ends
Jan 10, 2034
Jan 10, 2034
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Oct 21, 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 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.
9
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. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 10, 2014, when application 14/152,643, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 17, 2023) | Jan 10, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 10, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/152,685 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,665,861 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| Application 14/152,785 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,138,581 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,679,254 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 11,741,503 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 12,469,051 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 12,450,630 | this patent Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2023 Reel 63352, frame 383 | Fernando, Ranil Ignatius; North, Kenneth; Haller, Jeffrey; Dissanayake, Chatura Chamika; Fareeduddin, Mohammad; Swei, Susan; Prasad, Ragini Rajendra | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 27, 2025 Reel 70666, frame 540 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2025 Reel 72982, frame 372 | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 070666/FRAME 0540 |
| Dec 17, 2025 Reel 74005, frame 708 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
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Jan 2034
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