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Autonomous Vehicle Refueling

US 10,042,359 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Kia Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Feb 13, 2037 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Jan 24, 2017 as application 15/413,796 · Granted Aug 7, 2018
Base term plus 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jan 18, 2017
Term ends
Feb 13, 2037
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
base term patent term adjustment 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
26
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
8
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 runs 26 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 18, 2017, when application 15/409,220, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 24, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 18, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+26 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 13, 2037High 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 orderFeb 13, 2037Medium confidence

This family

US 10,065,517In force
Feb 2037
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US 10,042,359this patent
Feb 2037
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US 10,691,126In force
Feb 2037
Feb 2037
US 10,828,999In force
Feb 2037
Feb 2037
US 11,513,521In force
Feb 2037
Feb 2037
US 11,920,938In force
no later than Jun 2038
no later than Jun 2038
Application 17/950,613Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 17/972,935Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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
Jan 24, 2017
Reel 41471, frame 673
Konrardy, Blake; Christensen, Scott T.; Hayward, Gregory; Farris, ScottState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 22, 2022
Reel 62190, frame 37
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyHyundai; KiaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyHyundaiAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyKiaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 6, 2023
Reel 62290, frame 655
Hyundai; KiaHyundai Motor Company; Kia CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 6, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Hyundai; KiaHyundai Motor CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 6, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Hyundai; KiaKia CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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