Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 8, 2020 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Oct 2, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 2, 2029
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,423,404), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Ecoatm, LLC
Filed Jun 4, 2012 as application 13/487,299 · Granted Jun 11, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 2, 2009
Oct 2, 2009
Term ends
Oct 2, 2029
Oct 2, 2029
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,200,536, US 8,423,404, to Oct 2, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
41
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Oct 2, 2009, when application 12/573,089, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 4, 2012) | Oct 2, 2029 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,200,536, US 8,423,404) | resolves to Oct 2, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Oct 2, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,195,511 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 7,881,965 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,200,533 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,239,262 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 10,055,798 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,463,646 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application 13/492,835 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,423,404 | In force no later than Oct 2029 | no later than Oct 2029 |
8 of 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2012 Reel 28308, frame 581 | Bowles, Mark; Van Rooyen, Pieter; Librizzi, Michael | Ecoatm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 28, 2013 Reel 29709, frame 211 | Ecoatm, Inc. | FMP Agency Services, LLC as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 24, 2013 Reel 30676, frame 69 | Librizzi, Michael | Remobile, Inc. | Common Stock Purchase Agreement and Consulting Agreement |
| Jun 24, 2013 Reel 30676, frame 135 | Remobile, Inc. | Ecoatm, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 6, 2013 Reel 31171, frame 855 | Ecoatm, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| May 14, 2014 Reel 32889, frame 883 | Beane, John Andrew; Curbbun, Charles Stanley; Duben, Ahron; Leach, William John; Miller, John; Ploetner, Jeff; Stossell, Lee-anne; Tullie, Thomas L.; Vesco, Neil; Rosser, Eric | Ecoatm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 14, 2014 Reel 32888, frame 944 | Bowles, Mark Vincent; Van Rooyen, Pieter; Librizzi, Michael | Ecoatm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 13, 2016 Reel 38894, frame 596 | FMP Agency Services, LLC | Ecoatm, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 28, 2016 Reel 40168, frame 317 | Bank of America, N.A. (a National Banking INSTITUTION0 | Ecoatm, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation) | Release of Intellectual Property Security Interest |
| Mar 8, 2017 Reel 41505, frame 967 | Ecoatm, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Mar 10, 2017 Reel 41975, frame 142 | FMP Agency Services, LLC; Falcon Strategic Partners IV, LP | Ecoatm, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2018 Reel 46127, frame 777 | Ecoatm, Inc. | Ecoatm, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 4, 2019 Reel 47901, frame 518 | Ecoatm, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 7, 2020 Reel 51431, frame 522 | Silicon Valley Bank | Ecoatm, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2020 Reel 51504, frame 383 | Ecoatm, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 2, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,200,536, US 8,423,404, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
84
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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