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Systems, Methods and Devices for Processing Coins Utilizing Normal or Near-Normal And/Or High-Angle of Incidence Lighting

US 9,916,713 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 3, 2023 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Jul 8, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Nov 18, 2016 as application 15/356,295 · Granted Mar 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jul 8, 2015
Term ends
Jul 8, 2035
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
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.
9
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

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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 8, 2015, when application 14/794,262, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 18, 2016)Jul 8, 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 8, 2035High confidence

This family

US 9,501,885In force
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US 9,508,208In force
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Application 14/936,846Abandoned
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US 9,916,713this patent
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US 9,870,668In force
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US 10,685,523In force
Sep 2035
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US 10,068,406Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2026
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US 11,625,968In force
Jan 2036
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8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Jul 5, 2017
Reel 42908, frame 847
Yacoubian, Araz; Young, Danny D; Jagielinski, Tomasz M; Csulits, Frank M; Watts, Gary PCummins-Allison Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 12, 2017
Reel 43168, frame 392
Yacoubian, Araz; Yang, Danny D; Jagielinski, Tomasz M; Csulits, Frank M; Watts, Gary PCummins-Allison Corp.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Second Inventor Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 042908 Frame: 0847. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Apr 3, 2023
Reel 63237, frame 538
Crane Holdings, Co.; Crane & Co., Inc.; Crane Payment Innovations, Inc.; Crane Security Technologies, Inc.; Cummins-Allison Corp.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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