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US 9,697,192 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 18, 2022 (Owl Rock Capital Corporation).

Term ends Jun 30, 2034 · High confidence

Filed May 14, 2016 as application 15/154,951 · Granted Jul 4, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2014
Term ends
Jun 30, 2034
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,348,815, to Jun 30, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jun 30, 2014, when application 14/320,566, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 14, 2016)Jun 30, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,348,815)resolves to Jun 30, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 30, 2034High confidence

This family

Application 14/320,566Abandoned
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US 9,348,815In force
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
US 9,535,902In force
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
US 9,697,192this patent
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
US 10,878,184In force
Jun 2034
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US 11,640,494In force
Jun 2034
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US 12,026,455In force
Jun 2034
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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
Aug 15, 2016
Reel 39436, frame 815
Estes, Timothy Wayne; Gardner, James Johnson; Russell, Matthew; Michalak, Phillip DanielDigital Reasoning Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 6, 2019
Reel 50289, frame 90
Digital Reasoning Systems, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 23, 2020
Reel 54499, frame 41
Midcap Financial TrustDigital Reasoning Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame - 050289/0090
Dec 3, 2020
Reel 54537, frame 541
Digital Reasoning Systems, Inc.; Mobileguard, LLC; Actiance, Inc.; Entrada, Inc.Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Feb 18, 2022
Reel 59191, frame 435
Digital Reasoning Systems, Inc.Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Feb 22, 2022
Reel 59353, frame 549
Pnc Bank, National AssociationDigital Reasoning Systems, Inc.; Mobileguard, LLC; Actiance, Inc.; Entreda, Inc.Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 54537/0541
Feb 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationDigital Reasoning Systems, Inc.Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 54537/0541
Feb 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationMobileguard, LLCTermination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 54537/0541
Feb 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationActiance, Inc.Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 54537/0541
Feb 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationEntreda, Inc.Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 54537/0541

Sources

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

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