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32 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 1 fee due Feb 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for Registering Distance Scan Data (US 11,714,193) comes due Feb 1, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 2, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Apr 24 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 24
  • 1 fee due May 21, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Systems and Methods for Perceiving a Scene Around a Mobile Device (US 11,823,461) comes due May 21, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 22, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Aug 6 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 6
  • 1 fee due Sep 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for Customizing Motion Characteristics of an Autonomous Vehicle for a User (US 11,919,531) comes due Sep 5, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 6, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Oct 2 to 14, 2027 · next Oct 2

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Recent changes

  • 1 term has ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 12,351,105Methods for Communicating State, Intent, and Context of an Autonomous Vehicle
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,079,765Methods for Communicating State, Intent, and Context of an Autonomous Vehicle
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,914,381Methods for Communicating State, Intent, and Context of an Autonomous Vehicle
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,261,513Methods for Communicating State, Intent, and Context of an Autonomous Vehicle
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,621,495Method for Training and Refining an Artificial Intelligence
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US D962,137Exterior vehicle display
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,889,295Method for Influencing Entities at a Roadway Intersection
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 12,371,012Method for Influencing Entities at a Roadway Intersection
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 10,818,188Method for Dispatching a Vehicle to a User's Location
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,801,833Method for Influencing Entities at a Roadway Intersection
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
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Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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