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Testing Automation Controller Framework and a Method to Operate the Same

US 11,385,994 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 5, 2025 (Crescent Agency Services LLC).

Term ends Aug 6, 2039 · High confidence

Held by Marlabs LLC
Filed Aug 5, 2019 as application 16/531,203 · Granted Jul 12, 2022
Base term plus 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Aug 5, 2019
Term ends
Aug 6, 2039
Granted
Jul 12, 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
1
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.

This patent's term runs 1 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Aug 5, 2019, when this application, 16/531,203, was filedAug 5, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 6, 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 orderAug 6, 2039High confidence

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 4, 2019
Reel 50264, frame 848
Govardhana, Reddy RMarlabs Innovations Private LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 8, 2020
Reel 51450, frame 593
R, Govardhana ReddyMarlabs Innovations Private LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 21, 2021
Reel 57856, frame 388
Marlabs Innovations Private LimitedMarlabs IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 20, 2022
Reel 58785, frame 855
Marlabs LLCFifth Third Bank, As Administrative AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 1, 2025
Reel 72315, frame 631
Marlabs IncorporatedMarlabs LLCChange of Name
Aug 5, 2025
Reel 71932, frame 389
Marlabs LLCCrescent Agency Services LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 6, 2025
Reel 71951, frame 1
Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentMarlabs LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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