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US 9,489,812 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 27, 2025 (Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Priority Collateral Trustee).

Term ends Nov 17, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Vivint, Inc.
Filed Nov 17, 2014 as application 14/543,039 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2014
Term ends
Nov 17, 2034
Granted
Nov 8, 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
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

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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 Nov 17, 2014, when this application, 14/543,039, was filedNov 17, 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 orderNov 17, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,489,812this patent
Nov 2034
Nov 2034
US 10,133,935In force
May 2035
May 2035
Application PCT/US2015/068139PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,198,922In force
Nov 2034
Nov 2034
US 10,635,907In force
Jan 2035
Jan 2035
US 10,586,114In force
Jan 2035
Jan 2035
Application 16/814,979Abandoned
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
Nov 17, 2014
Reel 34187, frame 276
Beagley, James; Flint, Jason C.; Bevan, Scott; Jones, Jeffrey LouisVivint, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 26, 2016
Reel 38824, frame 236
Vivint, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
May 31, 2016
Reel 38851, frame 702
Vivint, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Sep 6, 2018
Reel 47029, frame 304
Vivint, Inc.Bank Of America, N.a.Security Agreement
May 23, 2019
Reel 49283, frame 566
Vivint, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Jul 12, 2021
Reel 56822, frame 402
Bank Of America, N.a.Vivint, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 1, 2024
Reel 69289, frame 468
Bank Of America, N.a.Vivint LLC (F/K/A Vivint, Inc.)Release (REEL 047029/ Frame 0304)
Nov 11, 2024
Reel 69334, frame 137
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentVivint, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 049283, Frame 0566
Nov 11, 2024
Reel 69334, frame 95
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentVivint, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 038824, Frame 0236
Feb 27, 2025
Reel 70349, frame 816
Vivint LLC; Smart Home Pros, Inc.; Vivint Amigo, Inc.Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Priority Collateral TrusteeAfter-Acquired Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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