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Configurable Controller and Interface for Home Sma, Phone and Multimedia

US 8,638,211 In force
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Term ends Dec 17, 2031

Held by ICN Acquisition, LLC
Filed Sep 29, 2009 · Granted Jan 28, 2014
Base term plus 809 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
2009 2031
Clock starts
Sep 29, 2009
Term ends
Dec 17, 2031
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Oct 2, 2026 · how we know
809
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO PTA 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.
7
Applications in this family
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain.

This patent's term runs 809 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Sep 29, 2009Sep 29, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+809 days, USPTO PTA recordDec 17, 2031High 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 orderDec 17, 2031High confidence

This family

Application 61/174,366Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,638,211this patent
Dec 2031
Dec 2031
US 8,635,499In force
Sep 2030
Sep 2030
US 10,275,999In force
Apr 2030
Apr 2030
Application 14/687,734Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 11,129,084In force
Apr 2030
Apr 2030
Application 17/443,427Pending
not computed
not computed

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
Sep 29, 2009
Reel 23295, frame 525
Cohn, Alan Wade; Faulkner, Gary Robert; Johnson, James A.; Kitchen, James Edward; Proft, David Leon; Quain, Corey WayneUcontrol, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 5, 2013
Reel 29756, frame 685
Ucontrol, Inc.Icontrol Networks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 17, 2017
Reel 41614, frame 225
Icontrol Networks, Inc.ICN Acquisition, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 27, 2017
Reel 42160, frame 303
ICN Acquisition, LLCSilicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Oct 10, 2017
Reel 44167, frame 235
Alarm.com, Incorporated; Energyhub, Inc.; ICN Acquisition, LLCSilicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jan 21, 2021
Reel 55069, frame 1
Silicon Valley BankEnergyhub, Inc.; ICN Acquisition, LLC; Alarm.com IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
Jan 21, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley BankEnergyhub, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 21, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley BankICN Acquisition, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 21, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley BankAlarm.com IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. USPTO does not publish a per-patent fee page, so there is nothing to link to.

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Citations

240
later US patents cite this one
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