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Systems and Methods for Authenticating a Caller at a Call Center

US 10,721,353 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Mar 30, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Nov 5, 2018 as application 16/180,458 · Granted Jul 21, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2017
Term ends
Mar 30, 2037
Granted
Jul 21, 2020
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 10,154,134, US 9,961,194, to Mar 30, 2037. 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.
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 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

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 Mar 30, 2017, when application 15/474,631, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 5, 2018)Mar 30, 2037High 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 10,154,134, US 9,961,194)resolves to Mar 30, 2037, 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 30, 2037High confidence

This family

Application 62/318,560Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,894,199In force
Mar 2037
Mar 2037
US 9,961,194In force
Mar 2037
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US 10,158,754In force
Mar 2037
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US 10,154,134In force
Mar 2037
Mar 2037
US 10,594,860In force
Mar 2037
Mar 2037
US 10,721,353this patent
Mar 2037
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US 11,425,242In force
Mar 2037
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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
Oct 3, 2019
Reel 50617, frame 412
Wiechman, LucasState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2019
Reel 50617, frame 706
Teksystems, Inc.State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2019
Reel 50617, frame 494
Hlavac, DanielState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2019
Reel 50617, frame 871
Sta Group, LLCState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2019
Reel 50622, frame 178
Biersdorf, MarkSta Group, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2019
Reel 50617, frame 594
Burgund, MatthewTeksystems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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