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Methods and Systems for Multi-Engine Machine Translation

US 10,311,148 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 27, 2026 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).

Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Jul 18, 2017 as application 15/652,949 · Granted Jun 4, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 9,747,284, to Mar 15, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
4
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 15, 2013, when application 13/834,331, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 18, 2017)Mar 15, 2033High 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 9,747,284)resolves to Mar 15, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 15, 2033High confidence

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US 9,141,606In force
Oct 2033
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Application PCT/US2013/034239PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,747,284In force
May 2033
May 2033
US 10,311,148this patent
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
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
Sep 28, 2017
Reel 43732, frame 147
Marciano, James Peter; Blodgett, Dean ScottLionbridge Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 27, 2019
Reel 51376, frame 327
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.KKR Loan Administration Services LLCSecurity Interest
Oct 27, 2021
Reel 57924, frame 375
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.Lionbridge Technologies, LLCChange of Name
Feb 27, 2026
Reel 73926, frame 472
Lionbridge Technologies, LLCWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest

Sources

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