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System and Method for Generating a Digital Image

US 9,509,919 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 30, 2021 (Zilka Kotab, P.C.).

Lapsed Nov 29, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Duelight LLC
Filed Nov 17, 2014 as application 14/543,782 · Granted Nov 29, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Nov 29, 2024
2014 2034
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2014
No longer in force
Nov 29, 2024
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Term would have run to
Nov 17, 2034
base term after the term ends 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.
1 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.
89
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 Nov 17, 2034: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 17, 2014, when this application, 14/543,782, 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Nov 29, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 29, 2024High confidence

This family

US 9,215,433Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
US 9,807,322In force
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
US 9,393,465In force
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
US 9,741,150Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2025
Aug 2025
US 9,509,919this patent
Nov 2024
Nov 2024
US 10,088,989Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 9,924,147In force
Feb 2034
Feb 2034
US 9,776,056In force
Apr 2034
Apr 2034
8 of 89 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
Jul 15, 2016
Reel 39169, frame 159
Rivard, William; Feder, Adam; Kindle, BrianDuelight LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 30, 2021
Reel 57043, frame 301
Duelight, LLCZilka Kotab, P.c.Security Interest

Sources

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