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US 9,171,321 In force
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Term ends Oct 22, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Feb 21, 2014 as application 14/186,670 · Granted Oct 27, 2015
Base term plus 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2008
Term ends
Oct 22, 2028
Granted
Oct 27, 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
112
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,456,293, US 8,525,665, US 8,659,417.
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.
9
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 runs 112 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Oct 22, 2008, when application 12/255,919, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 21, 2014)Oct 22, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+112 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 11, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,456,293, US 8,525,665, US 8,659,417)capped to Oct 22, 2028High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 22, 2028High confidence

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US 8,456,293In force
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US 8,659,417In force
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US 9,171,321this patent
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8 of 9 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
Apr 21, 2014
Reel 32715, frame 138
Trundle, Stephen Scott; Martin, Jean-paul; Slavin, Alison JaneAlarm.com IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 9, 2014
Reel 32860, frame 969
Alarm.com Incorporated; Energyhub, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Sep 2, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley BankAlarm.com IncorporatedTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 2, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley BankEnergyhub, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 2, 2014
Reel 33673, frame 347
Silicon Valley BankAlarm.com Incorporated; Energyhub, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 3, 2014
Reel 33681, frame 164
Alarm.com Incorporated; Energyhub, Inc.Silicon Valley BankPatent Security Agreement
Aug 11, 2016
Reel 39656, frame 134
Alarm.com IncorporatedSilicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentSupplement to Patent Security Agreement
Oct 10, 2017
Reel 44167, frame 235
Alarm.com, Incorporated; Energyhub, Inc.; ICN Acquisition, LLCSilicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jan 21, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley BankEnergyhub, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 21, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley BankICN Acquisition, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 21, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley BankAlarm.com IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
Jan 21, 2021
Reel 55069, frame 1
Silicon Valley BankEnergyhub, Inc.; ICN Acquisition, LLC; Alarm.com IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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