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US 9,113,636 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 29, 2020 (Indigo Agriculture, Inc.).

Term ends Jun 26, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jun 26, 2014 as application 14/316,469 · Granted Aug 25, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jun 26, 2014
Term ends
Jun 26, 2034
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
45
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: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 26, 2014, when this application, 14/316,469, was filedJun 26, 2034High 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 orderJun 26, 2034High confidence

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Application PCT/US2014/072400PCT application
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Application PCT/US2014/072399PCT application
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8 of 45 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 9, 2014
Reel 33269, frame 675
Maltzahn, Geoffrey Von; Flavell, Richard; Toledo, Gerardo V; Djonovic, Slavica; Marquez, Luis Miguel; Johnston, David Morris; Millet, Yves Alain; Lyford, Jeffrey; Naydich, Alexander; Sadowski, CraigSymbiota, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 5, 2016
Reel 39600, frame 612
Symbiota, Inc.Indigo AG, Inc.Change of Name
Sep 29, 2020
Reel 53926, frame 211
Cortland Capital Market Services LLCIndigo Agriculture, Inc.; Indigo AG, Inc.Security Interest
Sep 29, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Cortland Capital Market Services LLCIndigo Agriculture, Inc.Security Interest
Sep 29, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Cortland Capital Market Services LLCIndigo AG, Inc.Security Interest
Aug 10, 2023
Reel 64559, frame 438
Indigo Agriculture, Inc.; Indigo AG, Inc.Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 25, 2023
Reel 65344, frame 780
Cortland Capital Market Services LLCIndigo AG, Inc.; Indigo Agriculture, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 25, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Cortland Capital Market Services LLCIndigo AG, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 25, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Cortland Capital Market Services LLCIndigo Agriculture, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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