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Modifying Mobile Device Settings for Resource Conservation

US 9,769,749 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 10, 2024 (Midcap Financial Trust).

Term ends Nov 27, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jun 22, 2016 as application 15/189,556 · Granted Sep 19, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Nov 27, 2012
Term ends
Nov 27, 2032
Granted
Sep 19, 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.
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 27, 2012, when application 13/686,028, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 22, 2016)Nov 27, 2032High 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 orderNov 27, 2032High confidence

This family

US 8,655,307In force
Dec 2032
Dec 2032
Application 13/729,793Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2013/066676PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,408,143In force
Dec 2032
Dec 2032
US 9,769,749this patent
Nov 2032
Nov 2032
Application 15/672,044Abandoned
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Application 16/549,919Abandoned
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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
Nov 8, 2016
Reel 40258, frame 592
Walker, Samuel Alexander; Mandal, Ayan Kanti; Senapati, Devesh; Mahaffey, Kevin Patrick; Richardson, David Luke; Buck, Brian JamesLookout, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 29, 2018
Reel 48208, frame 947
Lookout, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jun 6, 2019
Reel 49408, frame 861
Lookout, Inc.Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Security Interest
Nov 23, 2020
Reel 54716, frame 923
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Lookout Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 9, 2022
Reel 59909, frame 668
Silicon Valley Bank (the "Bank")Lookout, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 9, 2022
Reel 59909, frame 764
Lookout, Inc.Alter Domus (US) LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 2, 2023
Reel 63844, frame 638
Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Administrative AgentLookout, Inc.Release of Patent Security Interest at Reel 59909 and Frame 0764
Aug 10, 2024
Reel 68538, frame 177
Lookout, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest
Oct 2, 2025
Reel 72989, frame 675
Lookout, Inc.Crescent Cove Opportunity Lending, LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 7, 2025
Reel 73028, frame 189
Lookout, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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