Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 19, 2019 (JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Feb 8, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 8, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Zebra Technologies Corporation
Filed Dec 9, 2009 as application 12/634,340 · Granted Jun 28, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Feb 8, 2008
Feb 8, 2008
Term ends
Feb 8, 2028
Feb 8, 2028
Granted
Jun 28, 2011
Jun 28, 2011
base term
fee events
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.
3 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
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 8, 2008, when application 12/028,362, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 9, 2009); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 8, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 8, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 12/028,362 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,969,730 | this patent Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2009 Reel 23632, frame 576 | Doherty, John; Collins, Mike; Steigerwald, Todd; Bagwell, Phillip | Motion Computing, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2012 Reel 28040, frame 449 | Motion Computing, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Apr 1, 2015 Reel 35312, frame 426 | Silicon Valley Bank | Motion Computing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2017 Reel 43212, frame 430 | Xplore Technologies Corp. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 1, 2018 Reel 46698, frame 795 | Motion Computing Inc. | Xplore Technologies Corporation of America | Transfer Statement |
| Sep 6, 2018 Reel 47029, frame 494 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Xplore Technologies Corp.; Xplore Technologies Corporation of America | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 043212/0430 |
| Sep 6, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Xplore Technologies Corp. | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 043212/0430 |
| Sep 6, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Xplore Technologies Corporation of America | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 043212/0430 |
| Oct 12, 2018 Reel 47148, frame 495 | Xplore Technologies Corporation of America | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 10, 2019 Reel 49715, frame 347 | Xplore Technologies Corporation of America | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Merger |
| Sep 19, 2019 Reel 50427, frame 248 | Zebra Technologies Corporation | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Notice of Transfer of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 1, 2020 Reel 53841, frame 212 | Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime Corporation | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 56036, frame 590 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Laser Band, LLC | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Temptime Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
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Feb 2028
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