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US 9,440,507 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 4, 2022 (Newview Capital Fund I, L.P.).

Term ends Mar 14, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Apr 1, 2014 as application 14/242,715 · Granted Sep 13, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2014
Term ends
Mar 14, 2034
Granted
Sep 13, 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.
19
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

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 Mar 14, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/029654, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 1, 2014)Mar 14, 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 14, 2034High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2014/029654PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 14/242,691Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,694,639In force
Apr 2034
Apr 2034
US 9,440,507this patent
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
Application 14/242,636Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,707,814In force
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
US 10,160,276In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
Application PCT/US2014/035199PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
8 of 19 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
Apr 7, 2014
Reel 32615, frame 129
Giovanardi, Marco; Leehey, Jonathan R.; Schneider, Johannes; Anderson, Zackary MartinLevant Power CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 4, 2022
Reel 58644, frame 7
ClearMotion, Inc.Newview Capital Fund I, L.P.; Acadia Woods Partners, LLC; Wil Fund I, L.p.; Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund; Franklin Templeton Investment Funds - Franklin U.S. Opportunities Fund; Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Small Cap Growth FundPatent Security Agreement
Jan 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion, Inc.Newview Capital Fund I, L.P.Patent Security Agreement
Jan 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion, Inc.Acadia Woods Partners, LLCPatent Security Agreement
Jan 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion, Inc.Wil Fund I, L.p.Patent Security Agreement
Jan 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion, Inc.Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Growth Opportunities FundPatent Security Agreement
Jan 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion, Inc.Franklin Templeton Investment Funds - Franklin U.S. Opportunities FundPatent Security Agreement
Jan 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion, Inc.Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Small Cap Growth FundPatent Security Agreement
Mar 11, 2022
Reel 59361, frame 433
ClearMotion, Inc.; ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCAcadia Woods Partners, LLCAmended & Restated Patent Security Agreement
Apr 6, 2022
Reel 60130, frame 1
ClearMotion, Inc.; ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCAcadia Woods Partners, LLC; Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund; Franklin Templeton Investment Funds - Franklin U.S. Opportunities Fund; Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund; Newview Capital Fund I, LP; Wil Fund I, L.p.; Bridgestone Americas, Inc.; Microsoft Global Finance; FHW Limited Partnership; Tew Limited Partnership; The Private Shares Fund; Brilliance Journey LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Acadia Woods Partners, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Growth Opportunities FundCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Franklin Templeton Investment Funds - Franklin U.S. Opportunities FundCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Small Cap Growth FundCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Newview Capital Fund I, LPCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Wil Fund I, L.p.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Bridgestone Americas, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Microsoft Global FinanceCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.FHW Limited PartnershipCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Tew Limited PartnershipCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.The Private Shares FundCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Apr 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Brilliance Journey LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Adding Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 059361 Frame: 0433. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Feb 8, 2023
Reel 62687, frame 713
Acadia Woods Partners, LLCClearMotion, Inc.; ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCTermination of Amended & Restated Patent Security Agreement
Feb 8, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Acadia Woods Partners, LLCClearMotion, Inc.Termination of Amended & Restated Patent Security Agreement
Feb 8, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Acadia Woods Partners, LLCClearMotion Acquisition I LLCTermination of Amended & Restated Patent Security Agreement
Feb 12, 2023
Reel 62705, frame 684
Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund; Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund; Franklin Templeton Investment Funds - Franklin U.S. Opportunities Fund; Newview Capital Fund I, LP; Wil Fund I, L.p.; Bridgestone Americas, Inc.; Microsoft Global Finance; FHW Limited Partnership; Tew Limited Partnership; The Private Shares Fund; Brilliance Journey LimitedClearMotion, Inc.; ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCTermination of Amended & Restated Patent Security Agreement
Feb 12, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Bridgestone Americas, Inc.; Brilliance Journey Limited; FHW Limited Partnership; Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund; Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund; Franklin Templeton Investment Funds - Franklin U.S. Opportunities Fund; Microsoft Global Finance; Newview Capital Fund I, LP; Tew Limited Partnership; The Private Shares Fund; Wil Fund I, L.p.ClearMotion, Inc.Termination of Amended & Restated Patent Security Agreement
Feb 12, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Bridgestone Americas, Inc.; Brilliance Journey Limited; FHW Limited Partnership; Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund; Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund; Franklin Templeton Investment Funds - Franklin U.S. Opportunities Fund; Microsoft Global Finance; Newview Capital Fund I, LP; Tew Limited Partnership; The Private Shares Fund; Wil Fund I, L.p.ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCTermination of Amended & Restated Patent Security Agreement
Sep 10, 2025
Reel 72836, frame 921
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Acadia Woods Partners, LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 30, 2026
Reel 76013, frame 523
ClearMotion, Inc.; ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCAcadia Woods Partners, LLC, as Collateral AgentAmended and Restated Patent Security Agreement

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