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Data Processing Apparatus

US 9,015,497 In force
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Also listed on Titan Automotive Solutions N.V., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 14, 2030 · High confidence

Filed May 18, 2012 as application 13/510,890 · Granted Apr 21, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2010
Term ends
Dec 14, 2030
Granted
Apr 21, 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.
4
Family applications on record here
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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: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 14, 2010, when application PCT/IB2010/055799, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 18, 2012)Dec 14, 2030High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 14, 2030High confidence

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US 9,641,541Lapsed on the fee record
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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
May 21, 2012
Reel 28240, frame 650
Peeters, Michael Michel Patrick; Nikov, Ventzislav; Debast, ClaudeNXP B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 2, 2014
Reel 32584, frame 560
NXP B.V.Telit Automotive Solutions N.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 7, 2016
Reel 38017, frame 58
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Security Agreement Supplement
Jul 14, 2016
Reel 39361, frame 212
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12092129 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Aug 17, 2016
Reel 39707, frame 471
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.NXP B.V.Patent Release
Oct 13, 2016
Reel 40007, frame 201
Telit Automotive Solutions N.V.HSBC Bank PLCSecurity Interest
May 9, 2017
Reel 42762, frame 145
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12681366 Previously Recorded on Reel 039361 Frame 0212. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
May 9, 2017
Reel 42985, frame 1
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12681366 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Feb 28, 2019
Reel 48466, frame 594
HSBC Bank PLCTelit Automotive Solutions N.V.Release of Security Interest
Sep 10, 2019
Reel 50745, frame 1
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.NXP B.V.Release of Security Interest
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 51029, frame 1
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 042985 Frame 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 51029, frame 387
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 039361 Frame 0212. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 51030, frame 1
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 51145, frame 184
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 042762 Frame 0145. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Feb 10, 2020
Reel 51857, frame 882
Telit Automotive Solutions N.V.Titan Automotive Solutions N.V.Change of Name
Jan 19, 2022
Reel 58686, frame 883
Titan Automotive Solutions N.V.Titan Intelligence Technology LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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