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Method and Apparatus for System Protection Technology Analysis

US 12,699,637 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 14, 2023 (RN Column Investors LLC).

Term ends Jun 5, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Jul 30, 2021 as application 17/444,163 · Granted Aug 4, 2026
Base term plus 1344 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2041
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2020
Term ends
Jun 5, 2041
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,344
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,645,176.
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.
5
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 runs 1344 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Dec 21, 2020, when application 17/247,705, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 30, 2021)Dec 21, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1344 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 26, 2044High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,645,176)capped to Jun 5, 2041High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 5, 2041High confidence

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US 11,645,176In force
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US 11,734,139In force
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US 11,734,140In force
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US 12,699,637this patent
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US 12,748,849In force
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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 2, 2021
Reel 57048, frame 512
Hicks, Raymond; Pisani, Ryan Michael; McNeela, Thomas James5THCOLUMN LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 3, 2023
Reel 62261, frame 809
5THCOLUMN LLC5C Partners LLCChange of Name
Jan 3, 2023
Reel 62266, frame 269
5C Partners LLC5THCOLUMN Inc.Contribution Agreement
Jan 3, 2023
Reel 62266, frame 364
5THCOLUMN Inc.Uncommonx Inc.Change of Name
Jan 4, 2023
Reel 62267, frame 546
5THCOLUMN Inc.Uncommonx Inc.Change of Name
Aug 14, 2023
Reel 64576, frame 516
Uncommonx Inc.RN Column Investors LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 22, 2023
Reel 64659, frame 492
Uncommonx Inc.SW7, LLC, as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement

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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