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Vibrating Pillow Strip and Operating Methods

US 9,586,021 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 8, 2020 (Silicon Valley Bank).

Term ends Jun 5, 2035 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Dec 15, 2015 as application 14/969,932 · Granted Mar 7, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jun 5, 2015
Term ends
Jun 5, 2035
Granted
Mar 7, 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.
49
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: Medium. 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 Jun 5, 2015, when application 14/732,646, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 5, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 orderJun 5, 2035Medium confidence

This family

Application 62/024,945Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,981,107In force
no later than Jun 2035
no later than Jun 2035
Application 14/732,646Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 14/946,496Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 14/947,685Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,586,021this patent
Jun 2035
Jun 2035
Application 14/969,902Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application PCT/US2016/030594PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
8 of 49 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
May 4, 2016
Reel 38453, frame 929
Franceschetti, Matteo; Bassi, Massimo AndreasiEight Sleep Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 8, 2020
Reel 53146, frame 407
Eight Sleep Inc.Silicon Valley BankIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Feb 8, 2023
Reel 62681, frame 741
Eight Sleep Inc.Silicon Valley BankAmended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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