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System and Method for Changing Security Behavior of a Device Based on Proximity to Another Device

US 9,432,361 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 10, 2024 (Midcap Financial Trust).

Term ends Mar 12, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Mar 12, 2014 as application 14/207,100 · Granted Aug 30, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Mar 12, 2014
Term ends
Mar 12, 2034
Granted
Aug 30, 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.
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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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 12, 2014, when this application, 14/207,100, was filedMar 12, 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 orderMar 12, 2034High 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
Mar 18, 2014
Reel 32468, frame 662
Mahaffey, Kevin Patrick; Buck, Brian JamesLookout, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 29, 2018
Reel 48208, frame 947
Lookout, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jun 6, 2019
Reel 49408, frame 861
Lookout, Inc.Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Security Interest
Nov 23, 2020
Reel 54716, frame 923
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Lookout Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 9, 2022
Reel 59909, frame 668
Silicon Valley Bank (the "Bank")Lookout, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 9, 2022
Reel 59909, frame 764
Lookout, Inc.Alter Domus (US) LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 2, 2023
Reel 63844, frame 638
Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Administrative AgentLookout, Inc.Release of Patent Security Interest at Reel 59909 and Frame 0764
Aug 10, 2024
Reel 68538, frame 177
Lookout, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest
Oct 2, 2025
Reel 72989, frame 675
Lookout, Inc.Crescent Cove Opportunity Lending, LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 7, 2025
Reel 73028, frame 189
Lookout, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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