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Processing with Compact Arithmetic Processing Element

US 10,416,961 In force
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Term ends Jun 15, 2030 · Low confidence

Filed Oct 30, 2018 as application 16/175,131 · Granted Sep 17, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Jun 15, 2010
Term ends
Jun 15, 2030
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,218,156, to Jun 15, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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.
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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 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Jun 15, 2010, when application 12/816,201, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 30, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 15, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,218,156)resolves to Jun 15, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 14976852, 14976852Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 15, 2030Low confidence

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US 10,120,648Grace period ended
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US 10,416,961this patent
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8 of 15 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Oct 30, 2018
Reel 47360, frame 563
Bates, JosephSingular Computing LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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