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Communicating Within a Wireless Security System

US 8,456,278 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 13, 2026 (Glas Trust Company LLC).

Term ends Feb 18, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Mar 24, 2010 as application 12/730,987 · Granted Jun 4, 2013
Base term plus 696 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2032
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2010
Term ends
Feb 18, 2032
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
base term patent term adjustment 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
696
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
5
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 696 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 24, 2010, when this application, 12/730,987, was filedMar 24, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+696 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 18, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 18, 2032High confidence

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Application 15/224,950Abandoned
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US 10,425,509In force
Mar 2030
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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
Jul 2, 2010
Reel 24631, frame 992
Saldin, Paul G.; Seemann, Brian K.; Bergman, John; Mondor, DanielResolution Products Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 4, 2019
Reel 49365, frame 352
Alula Holdings, LLC; Ipdatatel, LLC; Resolution Products, LLCOrix Growth Capital, LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 10, 2019
Reel 49713, frame 593
Resolution Products, Inc.Resolution Products, LLCEntity Converions
Jan 4, 2021
Reel 54888, frame 483
Orix Growth Capital, LLCAlula Holdings, LLC; Alula, LLC (F/K/A/ Ipdatatel, LLC); Resolution Products, LLCRelease of Security Interests in Intellectual Property
Jan 4, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Orix Growth Capital, LLCAlula Holdings, LLCRelease of Security Interests in Intellectual Property
Jan 4, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Orix Growth Capital, LLCAlula, LLC (F/K/A/ Ipdatatel, LLC)Release of Security Interests in Intellectual Property
Jan 4, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Orix Growth Capital, LLCResolution Products, LLCRelease of Security Interests in Intellectual Property
Jan 28, 2021
Reel 55061, frame 194
Resolution Products, LLC; Alula, LLCHorizon Technology Finance CorporationSecurity Interest
Mar 20, 2023
Reel 63035, frame 839
Resolution Products, LLCAvenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P.Security Interest
Mar 29, 2023
Reel 63190, frame 170
Horizon Technology Finance CorporationResolution Products, LLC; Alula, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 29, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Horizon Technology Finance CorporationResolution Products, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 29, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Horizon Technology Finance CorporationAlula, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 12, 2024
Reel 69234, frame 130
Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P.Resolution Products, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 13, 2026
Reel 76175, frame 615
Alula Holdings, LLC; Securenet Technologies LLC; Resolution Products, LLCGlas Trust Company LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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