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Term ends Jul 6, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jul 6, 2012 as application 13/543,729 · Granted Aug 25, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2012
Term ends
Jul 6, 2032
Granted
Aug 25, 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.
28
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

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 6, 2012, when this application, 13/543,729, was filedJul 6, 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 6, 2032High confidence

This family

US 9,118,495this patent
Jul 2032
Jul 2032
US 10,880,162Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2024
Dec 2024
Application 13/747,371Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 10,177,957In force
Jul 2032
Jul 2032
US 10,135,677In force
Feb 2033
Feb 2033
US 10,110,417Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 9,992,062Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2026
Jun 2026
US 10,560,343In force
Apr 2033
Apr 2033
8 of 28 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 6, 2012
Reel 28504, frame 835
Hankins, Scott Andrew; Mastracci, Andrew John; Bruck, Edward G.Pertino, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 2, 2015
Reel 35759, frame 401
Pertino, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Feb 12, 2016
Reel 37721, frame 296
Pertino, Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest
Mar 28, 2016
Reel 38114, frame 298
Silicon Valley BankPertino, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 13, 2018
Reel 44908, frame 833
Pacific Western BankPertino, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 15, 2018
Reel 45236, frame 545
Pertino, Inc.Cradlepoint, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 10, 2018
Reel 47123, frame 193
Cradlepoint, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Feb 7, 2020
Reel 51843, frame 756
Cradlepoint, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest - Mezz Loan
Nov 23, 2020
Reel 54446, frame 250
Silicon Valley BankCradlepoint, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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