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Electronic Device Protective Film Application Kit and Method

US 8,567,596 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed Oct 29, 2021 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Zagg Inc.
Filed Aug 13, 2010 as application 12/856,223 · Granted Oct 29, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 29, 2021
2006 2026
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2006
No longer in force
Oct 29, 2021
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Term would have run to
Apr 1, 2026
base term after the term ends 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 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.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Apr 1, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Apr 1, 2006, when application 11/394,807, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2010)Apr 1, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 29, 2021High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 29, 2021Medium confidence

This family

US 7,389,869In force
Jan 2027
Jan 2027
US 7,784,610Term ended
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 8,567,596this patent
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
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
Nov 17, 2010
Reel 25763, frame 501
Mason, Andrew C.Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 23, 2011
Reel 26498, frame 649
U.S. Bank National AssociationZagg IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest and Liens
Jun 23, 2011
Reel 26499, frame 67
Zagg Incorporated; Reminderband, Inc.; Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.; Zagg Retail, Inc.Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest - Patents
Dec 14, 2012
Reel 29474, frame 82
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCReminderband, Inc.; Zagg, Inc.; Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.; Ifrogz Inc.; Zagg Retail, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCReminderband, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCZagg, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCZagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCIfrogz Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCZagg Retail, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 18, 2013
Reel 29659, frame 575
Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Feb 26, 2016
Reel 37938, frame 243
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationZagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 7, 2016
Reel 38014, frame 392
Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Keybank National AssociationIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Nov 6, 2020
Reel 54341, frame 261
Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Zagg Inc.Merger
Nov 6, 2020
Reel 54445, frame 356
Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.Zagg Inc.Certificate of Ownership and Merger (DE Corporation)
Jul 23, 2021
Reel 56972, frame 857
Zagg Inc.; Mophie Inc.; HALO2CLOUD, LLCBlue Torch Finance, LLCSecurity Interest
Aug 4, 2022
Reel 61085, frame 585
Blue Torch Finance, LLCZagg Inc.; Mophie Inc.; HALO2CLOUD, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Blue Torch Finance, LLCZagg Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Blue Torch Finance, LLCMophie Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Blue Torch Finance, LLCHALO2CLOUD, LLCRelease of Security Interest

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

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