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Application for Device Evaluation and Other Processes Associated with Device Recycling

US 12,725,131 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Oct 1, 2035 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Ecoatm, LLC
Filed Sep 8, 2023 as application 18/464,023 · Granted Sep 1, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2015
Term ends
Oct 1, 2035
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
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.
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. 0 of 2 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 Oct 1, 2015, when application 14/873,145, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 8, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 1, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 1, 2035Medium confidence

This family

US 10,438,174In force
Jul 2037
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US 9,911,102In force
Oct 2035
Oct 2035
US 11,790,327In force
Feb 2037
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Application 18/324,921Abandoned
not computed
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US 12,755,254In force
Oct 2035
Oct 2035
US 12,725,131this patent
Oct 2035
Oct 2035
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
Jul 5, 2024
Reel 67919, frame 315
Bowles, Mark Vincent; Erman, Randal; Hammes, Jarrod; Ploetner, Jeffrey; Silva, John; Segil, RickEcoatm, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 5, 2024
Reel 68205, frame 635
Ecoatm, Inc.Ecoatm, LLCChange of Name
Mar 3, 2025
Reel 70765, frame 868
Ecoatm, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement

Sources

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

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