Lapsed Oct 20, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 21, 2034
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Ultravision Technologies, LLC
Filed Mar 6, 2015 as application 14/641,130 · Granted Oct 20, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 20, 2023
2014
2034
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2014
Nov 21, 2014
No longer in force
Oct 20, 2023
Oct 20, 2023
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 2015
Term would have run to
Nov 21, 2034
Nov 21, 2034
base term
after the term ends
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.
1 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.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Nov 21, 2034: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 21, 2014, when application 14/550,685, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2015) | Nov 21, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 20, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 20, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,582,237 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 9,164,722 | this patent Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 10,248,372 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| US 10,871,932 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 11,531,511 | In force no later than Nov 2034 | no later than Nov 2034 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 44166, frame 233 | Ultravision Technologies, LLC | Partners for Growth V, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jan 4, 2021 Reel 54887, frame 804 | Partners for Growth V, L.P. | Longford Capital Fund II, LP | Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Mar 25, 2021 Reel 56583, frame 944 | Ultravision Technologies, LLC | Partners for Growth V, L.P. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent No. 8840413 Previously Recorded at Reel: 044166 Frame: 0233. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest . |
Sources
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Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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