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Apparatus and Method Providing Computer-Implemented Environment for Improved Educator Effectiveness

US 9,672,579 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jan 26, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Mar 15, 2013 as application 13/840,764 · Granted Jun 6, 2017
Base term plus 682 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2035
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Jan 26, 2035
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
base term patent term adjustment 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
682
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.

This patent's term runs 682 days past its 20-year base term on 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 15, 2013, when this application, 13/840,764, was filedMar 15, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+682 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 26, 2035High 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 orderJan 26, 2035High confidence

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
Jun 3, 2013
Reel 30533, frame 558
Linton, Cory J.; Smalley, Jonathan; Jarman, Neil; Lyon, James; Morris, Justin; Donaldson, Matthew; Petersen, Jeremy P.; Linton, Chet D.School Improvement NetworkAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 18, 2017
Reel 43035, frame 713
School Improvement Network, LLCFrontline Technologies Group LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 11, 2017
Reel 43268, frame 624
Frontline Technologies Group LLCWells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 21, 2017
Reel 43943, frame 674
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentFrontline Technologies Group LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 043268-0624
Sep 22, 2017
Reel 43660, frame 286
Frontline Technologies Group LLCAres Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 1, 2017
Reel 44881, frame 817
Linton, Cory J.; Smalley, Jonathan; Jarman, Neil; Lyon, James; Morris, Justin; Donaldson, Matthew; Petersen, Jeremy P.; Linton, Chet D.School Improvement Network, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 030533 Frame: 0558. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment .
Oct 4, 2022
Reel 61604, frame 765
Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentFrontline Technologies Group LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 043660/0286

Sources

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

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