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Method and Apparatus for Focused Data Communications

US 9,351,281 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Ossia Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 9, 2023 (Farah Capital Lmited).

Term ends Feb 21, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Farah Capital Limited and Nerve Investment SPV Ltd.
Filed Feb 21, 2014 as application 14/186,344 · Granted May 24, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2014
Term ends
Feb 21, 2034
Granted
May 24, 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.
7
Family applications on record here
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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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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 21, 2014, when this application, 14/186,344, was filedFeb 21, 2034High 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 21, 2034High confidence

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US 9,351,281this patent
Feb 2034
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US 9,736,815In force
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US 10,523,301In force
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US 11,265,064In force
Mar 2034
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US 11,784,699In force
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US 12,052,083In force
no later than Feb 2034
no later than Feb 2034
Application 18/759,777Pending
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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
Jul 31, 2014
Reel 33436, frame 725
Zeine, Hatem I.Ossia, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 3, 2018
Reel 46069, frame 591
Ossia Inc.Ossia Inc.Corporate Conversion from Wa to De
Jan 9, 2023
Reel 62336, frame 628
Ossia Inc.Farah Capital Lmited; Nerve Investment SPV Ltd.Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jan 9, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Ossia Inc.Farah Capital LmitedNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jan 9, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Ossia Inc.Nerve Investment SPV Ltd.Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jan 26, 2023
Reel 62926, frame 332
Ossia Inc.Farah Capital Limited; Nerve Investment SPV Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name and Zip Code of Correspondence Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 062336 Frame: 0628. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Jan 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Ossia Inc.Farah Capital LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name and Zip Code of Correspondence Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 062336 Frame: 0628. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Jan 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Ossia Inc.Nerve Investment SPV Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name and Zip Code of Correspondence Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 062336 Frame: 0628. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Jul 15, 2024
Reel 68369, frame 303
Ossia Inc.Farah Capital Limited, As Secured Party; Nerve Investment SPV Ltd., as Secured Party; Toyoda Gosei., Ltd.Amended and Restated Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Ossia Inc.Farah Capital Limited, As Secured PartyAmended and Restated Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Ossia Inc.Nerve Investment SPV Ltd., as Secured PartyAmended and Restated Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 15, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Ossia Inc.Toyoda Gosei., Ltd.Amended and Restated Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents

Sources

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

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