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US 9,262,746 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Feb 16, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Aug 9, 2012 as application 13/570,839 · Granted Feb 16, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Feb 16, 2020
2012 2032
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2012
No longer in force
Feb 16, 2020
Granted
Feb 16, 2016
Term would have run to
Aug 9, 2032
base term after the term ends 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.
0 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 Aug 9, 2032: 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 9, 2012, when this application, 13/570,839, was filedAug 9, 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 events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 16, 2020High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 16, 2020High confidence

This family

US 9,262,746this patent
Feb 2020
Feb 2020
US 9,575,616In force
Oct 2032
Oct 2032
Application PCT/US2013/039819PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 14/988,637Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 15/402,004Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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
Aug 21, 2012
Reel 28819, frame 401
Linton, Chet Dee; Linton, Cory John; Smalley, Jonathan E.; Moore, Derris ToddSchool Improvement Network, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 18, 2017
Reel 43035, frame 713
School Improvement Network, LLCFrontline Technologies Group LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 11, 2017
Reel 43268, frame 624
Frontline Technologies Group LLCWells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 21, 2017
Reel 43943, frame 674
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentFrontline Technologies Group LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 043268-0624
Sep 22, 2017
Reel 43660, frame 286
Frontline Technologies Group LLCAres Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 4, 2022
Reel 61604, frame 765
Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentFrontline Technologies Group LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 043660/0286

Sources

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

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