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Facial Based Image Organization and Retrieval Method

US 11,308,052 Term ended
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Term ended Oct 5, 2026 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Sitnet, LLC
Filed Sep 14, 2021 as application 17/475,097 · Granted Apr 19, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 5, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Oct 5, 2006
Term ended
Oct 5, 2026
Granted
Apr 19, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Oct 5, 2006, when application 11/544,994, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 14, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 5, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 5, 2026Medium confidence

This family

Application 11/544,994Abandoned
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US 7,916,976In force
Jul 2029
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Application 11/796,926Abandoned
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US 10,754,836Term ended
Oct 2026
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US 11,327,936In force
Jan 2027
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US 11,308,052this patent
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 12,032,623Term ended
Oct 2026
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Application 18/677,525Abandoned
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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
Sep 15, 2021
Reel 57487, frame 678
Kedikian, Roland H.Resource Consortium LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 15, 2021
Reel 57487, frame 689
Resource Consortium LimitedResource Consortium Limited, LLCChange of Name
Nov 2, 2022
Reel 61630, frame 693
Resource Consortium Limited, LLCSitnet, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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