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US 9,215,217 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 14, 2024 (Cantor Fitzgerald Securities).

Term ends Mar 8, 2031 · High confidence

Held by Genasys Inc.
Filed Apr 9, 2010 as application 12/757,799 · Granted Dec 15, 2015
Base term plus 823 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2031
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2008
Term ends
Mar 8, 2031
Granted
Dec 15, 2015
base term patent term adjustment 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
823
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
4
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 823 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Dec 5, 2008, when application 12/329,448, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 9, 2010)Dec 5, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+823 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 8, 2031High 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 orderMar 8, 2031High confidence

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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 9, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Christie, Colin; Guevremont, Vince; McFarland, Connie; Piskorz, OskarAbu-hakima, SuhayyaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 9, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Christie, Colin; Guevremont, Vince; McFarland, Connie; Piskorz, OskarGrigg, Kenneth EAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 9, 2010
Reel 24212, frame 990
McFarland, Connie; Guevremont, Vince; Piskorz, Oskar; Christie, ColinAbu-hakima, Suhayya; Grigg, Kenneth EAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 21, 2020
Reel 53264, frame 187
Abu-hakima, Suhayya; Grigg, Kenneth EAmika Mobile CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2020
Reel 54219, frame 606
Amika Mobile CorporationGenasys Communications Canada ULCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 20, 2021
Reel 55976, frame 972
Genasys Communications Canada ULCGenasys Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 14, 2024
Reel 67405, frame 333
Genasys Inc.; Genasys Puerto Rico, LLC; Evertel Technologies, LLC; Zonehaven LLCCantor Fitzgerald Securities, As Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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