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Dog Collar with Geo-Positioning Tracking and Control Cue Capability

US 9,258,982 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 4, 2026 (Chicago Atlantic Admin, LLC).

Term ends Jun 16, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jun 16, 2012 as application 13/525,295 · Granted Feb 16, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2012
Term ends
Jun 16, 2032
Granted
Feb 16, 2016
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.
30
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

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 16, 2012, when this application, 13/525,295, was filedJun 16, 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 orderJun 16, 2032High confidence

This family

US 8,955,462In force (reinstated)
Oct 2032
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US 9,258,982this patent
Jun 2032
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Application 14/588,498Abandoned
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US 9,980,463In force
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
Application 15/080,295Abandoned
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US 11,013,214In force
Aug 2039
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US 11,330,803In force
Apr 2040
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Application 16/886,362Abandoned
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8 of 30 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
Jun 16, 2012
Reel 28388, frame 961
Golden, John MichaelWolfgis, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 1, 2023
Reel 65419, frame 166
Wolfgis, LLCProtect Animals with Satellites, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 4, 2026
Reel 75021, frame 693
Protect Animals with Satellites LLCChicago Atlantic Admin, LLC as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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