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Method for Optimizing an Artificial Neural Network (ANN)

US 10,621,486 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

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

Term ends Nov 16, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Aug 22, 2016 as application 15/242,622 · Granted Apr 14, 2020
Base term plus 816 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2038
Clock starts
Aug 22, 2016
Term ends
Nov 16, 2038
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
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
816
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
11
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 816 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 22, 2016, when this application, 15/242,622, was filedAug 22, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+816 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 16, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 16, 2038High confidence

This family

US 10,621,486this patent
Nov 2038
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Application 15/242,624Abandoned
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Application 15/242,625Abandoned
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US 10,802,992In force
May 2039
May 2039
US 10,643,124In force
Feb 2039
Feb 2039
US 10,762,426In force
Aug 2038
Aug 2038
US 10,698,657In force
Dec 2038
Dec 2038
US 10,832,123In force
Mar 2038
Mar 2038
8 of 11 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
Aug 22, 2016
Reel 39775, frame 432
Yao, SongDeephi Technology Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 9, 2017
Reel 40886, frame 464
Deephi Technology Co., Ltd.Beijing Deephi Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 7, 2018
Reel 45519, frame 173
Yao, SongBeijing Deephi Technology Co., Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 039775 Frame: 0432. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment .
Mar 7, 2018
Reel 45519, frame 407
Beijing Deephi Technology Co., Ltd.Beijing Deephi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor and Assignee Names Previously Recorded at Reel: 040886 Frame: 0464. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment .
Aug 24, 2020
Reel 53581, frame 37
Beijing Deephi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.Xilinx Technology Beijing LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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