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Method and System for Bridging Disparate Platforms to Automate a Natural Language Interface

US 10,846,481 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 7, 2023 (Blue Owl Credit Income Corp.).

Term ends May 19, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Jan 24, 2019 as application 16/256,069 · Granted Nov 24, 2020
Base term plus 115 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2019
Term ends
May 19, 2039
Granted
Nov 24, 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
115
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.
4
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This patent's term runs 115 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 24, 2019, when this application, 16/256,069, was filedJan 24, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+115 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 19, 2039High 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 orderMay 19, 2039High confidence

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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
Jan 29, 2019
Reel 48164, frame 248
Willcock, Stephen Paul; Wood, Matthew DavidFinancialforce.com, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 15, 2021
Reel 56872, frame 236
Financialforce.com, Inc.Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Security Interest
Feb 21, 2022
Reel 59204, frame 323
Financialforce.com, Inc.Keybank National AssociationSecurity Interest
Mar 24, 2022
Reel 59389, frame 501
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Financialforce.com, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 20, 2023
Reel 64042, frame 206
Financialforce.com, Inc.Certinia Inc.Change of Name
Aug 4, 2023
Reel 64502, frame 117
Keybank National Association, As Administrative AgentCertinia, Inc.Release of Security Interest in United States Patents
Aug 7, 2023
Reel 64510, frame 495
Certinia Inc.Blue Owl Credit Income Corp., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 12, 2024
Reel 68948, frame 361
Certinia Inc.Certinia Inc.Change of Address

Sources

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

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