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Wireless Communication USB Dongle

US 9,734,675 In force
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Term ends Jul 17, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jan 15, 2016 as application 14/905,653 · Granted Aug 15, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jul 17, 2014
Term ends
Jul 17, 2034
Granted
Aug 15, 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.
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.
25
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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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 17, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/046952, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 15, 2016)Jul 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 17, 2034High confidence

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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
Jun 1, 2017
Reel 42566, frame 138
Siminoff, JamesBot Home Automation, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 10, 2018
Reel 48694, frame 320
Bot Home Automation, Inc.Ring Inc.Change of Name
Dec 10, 2018
Reel 47764, frame 74
Ring Inc.Ring, LLCChange of Name
Dec 10, 2018
Reel 48695, frame 493
Ring LLCA9 Com, Inc.Bill of Sale
May 1, 2020
Reel 52550, frame 613
A9.com, Inc.Amazon Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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