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Systems and Methods for Scheduling Deferred Queues

US 11,146,681 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2022 (HSBC Bank USA, N.A.).

Term ends no later than Feb 22, 2040 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Jan 16, 2020 as application 16/744,391 · Granted Oct 12, 2021
Base term plus 44 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Jan 9, 2020
Ends no later than
Feb 22, 2040
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
5
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 44 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 9, 2020, when application 16/738,576, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 16, 2020)Jan 9, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+44 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 22, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Feb 22, 2040Medium confidence

This family

Application 16/738,576Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 11,146,681this patent
no later than Feb 2040
no later than Feb 2040
Application 16/744,397Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 16/744,395Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 11,736,615In force
Jan 2040
Jan 2040
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
Sep 14, 2020
Reel 53763, frame 422
Matias, João; Stepanov, Gennadiy; Valeriano, Filipe; Tremoço, JoãoTalkdesk, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 3, 2022
Reel 61878, frame 34
Talkdesk, Inc.HSBC Bank USA, N.A.Security Interest

Sources

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

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