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User Intervention Based on Tracking Device Sensor Data

US 9,965,942 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 28, 2019 (Pinnacle Ventures, L.L.C.).

Term ends Oct 31, 2036 · High confidence

Held by Tile, Inc.
Filed Oct 31, 2016 as application 15/339,751 · Granted May 8, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2016
Term ends
Oct 31, 2036
Granted
May 8, 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.
24
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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 31, 2016, when this application, 15/339,751, was filedOct 31, 2036High 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 orderOct 31, 2036High 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
Nov 2, 2016
Reel 40191, frame 480
De Barros Chapiewski, Guilherme; Quintana, Melody; Kumar, Mayank; Lettau, Tyler; Patterson, WayneTile, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 13, 2018
Reel 46623, frame 708
Tile, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Aug 14, 2018
Reel 46797, frame 428
Tile, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
May 28, 2019
Reel 49292, frame 312
Tile, Inc.Pinnacle Ventures, L.L.C., as AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 2, 2021
Reel 57650, frame 820
Silicon Valley BankTile, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 28, 2021
Reel 57633, frame 569
Tile, Inc.Capital IP Investment Partners LLC as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 10, 2022
Reel 58671, frame 383
Capital IP Investment Partners LLCTile, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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