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Unidirectional Sampling Mixer

US 8,977,225 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Invertix Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 18, 2032 · Medium confidence

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

Filed Jun 19, 2014 as application 14/309,449 · Granted Mar 10, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2012
Term ends
Dec 18, 2032
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
base term 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.
2
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Dec 18, 2012, when application 13/718,692, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 19, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Dec 18, 2032High 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 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 18, 2032Medium confidence

This family

US 8,787,863Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,977,225this patent
Dec 2032
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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
Jul 1, 2014
Reel 33217, frame 802
Uhl, Brecken H.; Law, Daniel A.Invertix CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 21, 2015
Reel 36609, frame 145
Invertix CorporationAltamira Technologies CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 6, 2016
Reel 38484, frame 817
Altamira Technologies CorporationWestern Alliance BankSecurity Interest
Jul 24, 2019
Reel 49848, frame 85
Altamira Merger Sub, Inc.; Altamira Technologies Corporation; Altamira Intermediate Company II, Inc.; Apg Technologies, LLC; Prime Solutions LLCPennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 26, 2019
Reel 49867, frame 327
Western Alliance BankAltamira Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Sep 29, 2023
Reel 65074, frame 75
Altamira Technologies Corporation; Virginia Systems and Technology, Inc.Capital One National Association, as AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 2, 2023
Reel 65085, frame 729
Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCAltamira Technologies Corporation; Altamira Intermediate Company II, Inc.; Apg Technologies, LLC; Prime Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCAltamira Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Oct 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCAltamira Intermediate Company II, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCApg Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCPrime Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 10, 2026
Reel 74910, frame 324
Altamira Technologies CorporationParsons Government Services Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 11, 2026
Reel 74928, frame 26
Parsons Government Services Inc.Parsons CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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