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Estimating Distance to an Object Using a Sequence of Images Recorded by a Monocular Camera

US 10,127,669 Term ended
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Term ended Oct 30, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Dec 14, 2015 as application 14/967,560 · Granted Nov 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 30, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2006
Term ended
Oct 30, 2026
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
base term after the term ends 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,164,628, US 9,223,013, to Oct 30, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 30, 2006, when application 11/554,048, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 14, 2015)Oct 30, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,164,628, US 9,223,013)resolves to Oct 30, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 30, 2026High confidence

This family

US 8,164,628In force
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US 9,223,013In force
Dec 2028
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US 10,127,669this patent
Oct 2026
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US 10,872,431In force
Dec 2026
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US 11,348,266Term ended
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
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
Dec 18, 2020
Reel 54692, frame 864
Stein, Gideon P.; Ferencz, Andras D.; Avni, OferMobileye Technologies, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 18, 2020
Reel 54693, frame 293
Mobileye Technologies LimitedMobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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