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System and Method for Enhancing Driver Situational Awareness in a Transportation Vehicle

US 10,700,773 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewSources & methods

Lapsed Jun 30, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Spirited Eagle Enterprises, LLC
Filed Jan 2, 2019 as application 16/238,111 · Granted Jun 30, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 30, 2024
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jan 4, 2012
No longer in force
Jun 30, 2024
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Term would have run to
Jan 4, 2032
base term after the term ends 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 9,227,568, to Jan 4, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 4, 2012, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jan 2, 2019)Jan 4, 2032High 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 9,227,568)resolves to Jan 4, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 30, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 30, 2024High confidence

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