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Docking Station for an Electronic Device Having Improved Connector Interface

US 8,821,193 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Sep 2, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Oct 1, 2012 as application 13/633,089 · Granted Sep 2, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 35 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 2, 2026
2009 2029
Clock starts
Sep 17, 2009
No longer in force
Sep 2, 2026
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Term would have run to
Oct 22, 2029
base term patent term adjustment 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
35
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
9
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 Oct 22, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 35 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 17, 2009, when application 12/562,121, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 1, 2012)Sep 17, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+35 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 22, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 2, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 2, 2026High confidence

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US 8,105,108Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,821,193this patent
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US 8,951,067In force
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US 8,512,080Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,585,443Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,882,545Grace period ended
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8 of 9 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 13, 2013
Reel 30791, frame 809
Maskell, Benjamin E.; Vroom, Matthew L.Henge Docks LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 8, 2019
Reel 50958, frame 887
Henge Docks, LLCBrydge Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 19, 2021
Reel 56287, frame 238
Brydge Technologies LLCClaret European Specialty Lending Company III, S.A R.LSecurity Interest
Dec 30, 2022
Reel 62244, frame 620
Brydge Technologies LLCAccord Financial, Inc.Security Interest
May 15, 2023
Reel 63646, frame 798
Brydge Technologies LLCClaret European Specialty Lending Company III, S.A R.LSecurity Interest
May 26, 2023
Reel 63788, frame 478
Brydge Technologies LLCClaret European Specialty Lending Company III, S.A R.LAcceptance of Intellectual Property as Satisfaction of Obligation
Sep 29, 2023
Reel 65084, frame 99
Claret European Specialty Lending Company III, S.A R.LUinta Products Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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