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Doorbell Communication Systems and Methods

US 9,247,219 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 20, 2019 (Star Mountain Diversified Credit Income Fund III, LP).

Term ends Feb 23, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Jul 13, 2015 as application 14/797,637 · Granted Jan 26, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2010
Term ends
Feb 23, 2030
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
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.
185
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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 23, 2010, when application PCT/JP2010/052773, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 13, 2015)Feb 23, 2030High 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 orderFeb 23, 2030High confidence

This family

US 7,218,242Term ended
Aug 2017
Aug 2017
US 7,728,724In force
Mar 2027
Mar 2027
US 8,098,132Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2020
Jan 2020
US 7,598,855Term ended
May 2026
May 2026
Application 11/784,400Abandoned
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Application 11/784,318Abandoned
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Application 11/753,979Abandoned
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US 9,111,189Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
8 of 185 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 10, 2015
Reel 37006, frame 419
Scalisi, Joseph Frank; Kasmir, Seton Paul; Thomas, Andrew PaulSkybell Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 8, 2018
Reel 46330, frame 809
Skybell Technologies, Inc.Arrow Electronics, Inc.Security Interest
Oct 5, 2018
Reel 47761, frame 265
Skybell Technologies, Inc.Alarm.com IncorporatedSecurity Interest
Jul 16, 2019
Reel 49771, frame 731
Skybell Technologies, Inc.SB Loan Series I, LLC, C/O Hutton Ventures LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 18, 2019
Reel 49801, frame 245
Arrow Electronics, Inc.Alarm.com IncorporatedSecurity Interest
Jul 23, 2019
Reel 49841, frame 168
Alarm.com IncorporatedSkybell Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 16, 2019
Reel 51307, frame 25
SB Loan Series I, LLC, C/O Hutton Ventures LLCSkybell Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 16, 2019
Reel 51312, frame 521
Skybell Technologies, Inc.Skybell Technologies IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 20, 2019
Reel 51395, frame 958
SB IP Holdings LLC; Skybell Technologies, Inc.; Skybell Technologies IP, LLCStar Mountain Diversified Credit Income Fund III, LPSecurity Interest
Oct 8, 2025
Reel 73056, frame 418
Skybell Technologies IP, LLCLGXK LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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