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Systems and Methods for Sanction Screening

US 9,852,427 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Dec 26, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

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Held by Acuant, Inc.
Filed Nov 11, 2015 as application 14/938,593 · Granted Dec 26, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 26, 2025
2015 2035
Clock starts
Nov 11, 2015
No longer in force
Dec 26, 2025
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Term would have run to
Nov 11, 2035
base term after the term ends 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.
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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.
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Its term would have run to Nov 11, 2035: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 11, 2015, when this application, 14/938,593, was filedNov 11, 2035High 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Dec 26, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 26, 2025High confidence

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US 9,852,427this patent
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US 9,818,116Lapsed on the fee record
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US 10,037,533Lapsed on the fee record
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US 10,628,828In force
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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
May 2, 2016
Reel 38588, frame 949
Caldera, JoseIdm Global, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 27, 2019
Reel 50185, frame 369
Idm Global, Inc.Identitymind Global, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 18, 2019
Reel 50409, frame 826
Identitymind Global Inc.Crestline Direct Finance, L.P., as Collateral Agent for the Benefit of Secured PartiesSecurity Interest
Oct 14, 2020
Reel 54052, frame 499
Identifymind Global Inc.Acuant Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 15, 2021
Reel 54939, frame 553
Identitymind Global, Inc.Acuant, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 30, 2021
Reel 58234, frame 781
Crestline Direct Finance, L.P., as Collateral AgentIdentitymind Global Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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