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Systems and Methods for Centralized Control of Autonomous Vehicles

US 10,656,640 In force
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Term ends Aug 19, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jul 6, 2017 as application 15/643,376 · Granted May 19, 2020
Base term plus 44 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2017
Term ends
Aug 19, 2037
Granted
May 19, 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
44
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.
7
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 44 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

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 Jul 6, 2017, when this application, 15/643,376, was filedJul 6, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+44 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 19, 2037High 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 orderAug 19, 2037High confidence

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Application 18/439,638Abandoned
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Application 19/412,259Pending
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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
Feb 12, 2018
Reel 44905, frame 651
Ferren, BranApplied Minds, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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