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Systems and Methods for Activating Transducers

US 9,532,831 In force
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Term ends Mar 11, 2033 · High confidence

Held by Kardium Inc.
Filed Jan 19, 2016 as application 15/000,491 · Granted Jan 3, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2013
Term ends
Mar 11, 2033
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
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.
32
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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 11, 2013, when application 13/792,945, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 19, 2016)Mar 11, 2033High 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 11, 2033High confidence

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Application PCT/US2013/039977PCT application
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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
Jan 19, 2016
Reel 37522, frame 964
Reinders, Daniel Martin; Weinkam, Daniel Robert; Louie, Roxanne Wai Tak; Bisalputra, DanaiKardium Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 19, 2016
Reel 37561, frame 66
Goertzen, Douglas Wayne; Brewster, Jeffery Charles; Weber, Michael Hermann; Reinders, Daniel Martin; Louie, Roxanne Wai Tak; Bisalputra, Danai; Lopes, Fernando Luis de Souza; Moisa, Saar; Hawes, Peter Josiah; Jaramillo, Jorge; Sardari, Ashkan; Salvestro, Aldo Antonio; Weinkam, Daniel RobertKardium Inc.Assignment Amendment

Sources

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