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Event Data Monitoring Systems and Methods

US 8,868,616 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Integrity Tracking, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 12, 2024 (Midcap Financial Trust).

Lapsed Oct 21, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.

Filed Jul 9, 2012 as application 13/544,988 · Granted Oct 21, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 21, 2026
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jul 9, 2012
No longer in force
Oct 21, 2026
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Term would have run to
Jul 9, 2032
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.
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.

Its term would have run to Jul 9, 2032: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Low. 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 Jul 9, 2012, when this application, 13/544,988, was filedJul 9, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"lapsed Oct 21, 2026Low confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 21, 2026Low confidence

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
Aug 29, 2012
Reel 28869, frame 297
Halo Monitoring, Inc.Integrity Tracking, LLC D/B/A/ MobilehelpAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 27, 2013
Reel 30699, frame 745
Halo Monitoring, Inc.Integrity Tracking, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 8, 2014
Reel 34538, frame 917
Integrity Tracking, LLCThe Privatebank and Trust CompanyAcknowledgement of Security Interest in Patents
Jun 26, 2015
Reel 36020, frame 339
Integrity Tracking, LLCThe Privatebank and Trust CompanyAcknowledgement of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 13, 2015
Reel 36070, frame 175
Otto, Chris A.; Patel, Chirag D.; Sanders, Corey L.; Chen, Xiao FangIntegrity Tracking, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 13, 2015
Reel 36070, frame 272
Hartwig, Hugh A.Integrity Tracking, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 22, 2017
Reel 41778, frame 158
The Privatebank and Trust CompanyIntegrity Tracking, LLCRelease of Security Grant - Patents
Feb 22, 2017
Reel 41778, frame 176
Integrity Tracking, LLCThe Privatebank and Trust CompanyAcknowledgement of Security Interest in Patents
Feb 24, 2017
Reel 41808, frame 97
Integrity Tracking, LLCFMP Agency Services, LLC, as AgentSecurity Agreement
Mar 28, 2018
Reel 45932, frame 838
Integrity Tracking, LLCMobilehelp, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 11, 2018
Reel 45928, frame 8
Integrity Tracking, LLCMobilehelp, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 24, 2019
Reel 49285, frame 245
Mobilehelp, LLCCibc Bank USAAcknowledgment of Security Interest in Patents
Apr 1, 2022
Reel 59475, frame 262
Cibc Bank USAMobilehelp, LLC F/K/A Integrity Tracking, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 4, 2022
Reel 59593, frame 463
FMP Agency Services, LLCMobilehelp, LLCRelease of Patent Security Interests
Sep 12, 2024
Reel 68574, frame 915
Mobilehelp, LLCMidcap Financial Trust, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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