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Configurable intelligent I/O expander system

US 9,122,621 In force
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Term ends Apr 23, 2032 · High confidence

Held by Geotab Inc.
Filed Oct 20, 2014 as application 14/121,799 · Granted Sep 1, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2012
Term ends
Apr 23, 2032
Granted
Sep 1, 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.
11
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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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 23, 2012, when application 13/506,478, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 20, 2014)Apr 23, 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 orderApr 23, 2032High confidence

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US 8,918,547In force
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US 9,122,621this patent
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US 9,128,867In force
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US 10,942,871In force
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US 10,922,245In force
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US 10,877,905In force
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US 10,997,091In force
no later than Apr 2032
no later than Apr 2032
Application 17/089,215Abandoned
not computed
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8 of 11 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
Nov 5, 2020
Reel 54278, frame 886
Cawse, Neil Charles; Cawse, Clive James; Beams, Darren Marc Lohmann; Partheniou, Antonios; Walli, Thomas Arthur; Barreto, VictorGeotab Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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