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System and Method for Contextualized Vehicle Operation Determination

US 11,281,944 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 10, 2022 (Silicon Valley Bank).

Term ends Sep 14, 2037 · High confidence

Held by Nauto, Inc.
Filed Jun 4, 2019 as application 16/430,810 · Granted Mar 22, 2022
Base term plus 241 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Jun 18, 2018
Term ends
Sep 14, 2037
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
base term after the term ends 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
241
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,430,695.
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
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 241 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Jun 18, 2018, when application 16/011,437, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 4, 2019)Jun 18, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+241 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 14, 2039High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,430,695)capped to Sep 14, 2037High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 14, 2037High confidence

This family

US 10,430,695In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 11,281,944this patent
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 12,321,829In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
Application 19/213,973Pending
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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
Jun 4, 2019
Reel 49360, frame 717
Sathyanarayana, Suchitra; Satzoda, Ravi Kumar; Thompson, Alex; Gleeson-may, Michael; Levkova, LudmilaNauto Global LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 4, 2019
Reel 49360, frame 814
Nauto Global LimitedNauto, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 10, 2022
Reel 61722, frame 392
Nauto, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Aug 8, 2025
Reel 71976, frame 818
Nauto, Inc.Orix Growth Capital, LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 19, 2026
Reel 75016, frame 824
Orix Growth Capital, LLCNauto, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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