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Optoelectronic Computing Systems

US 11,281,972 In force
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Term ends Jun 4, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Apr 20, 2020 as application 16/852,628 · Granted Mar 22, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jun 4, 2019
Term ends
Jun 4, 2039
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
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.
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.
15
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 4, 2019, when application 16/431,167, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 20, 2020)Jun 4, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderJun 4, 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
Apr 21, 2020
Reel 52448, frame 653
Shen, Yichen; Jing, Li; Dangovski, Rumen; Xie, Peng; Meng, Huaiyu; Khoury, Matthew; Lu, Cheng-kuan; Gagnon, Ronald; Steinman, Maurice; Wu, Jianhua; Hosseinzadeh, ArashLightelligence, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 26, 2021
Reel 57911, frame 512
Lightelligence, Inc.Lightelligence Pte Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 11, 2022
Reel 59928, frame 516
Lightelligence, Inc.Lightelligence Pte. Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Spelling of the Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057911 Frame: 0512. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

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