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Fitness Facility Equipment Usage Control System

US 8,944,961 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ended Jan 26, 2024 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Aug 13, 2014 as application 14/458,787 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jan 26, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2004
Term ended
Jan 26, 2024
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 26, 2004, when application 10/765,704, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 26, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 26, 2024Medium confidence

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US 8,944,961this patent
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US 9,418,349Term ended
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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
Jun 1, 2022
Reel 60247, frame 453
Peloton Interactive, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Patent Security Agreement
Jun 14, 2022
Reel 60197, frame 380
Birrell, James S.; Ainsworth, Mark E.; Silbernagel, Robert J.; Bell, Susan W.m.Precor IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 26, 2022
Reel 60628, frame 964
Precor IncorporatedPeloton Interactive, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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