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Variable Bandwidth Free-Space Optical Communication System for Autonomous or Semi-Autonomous Passenger Vehicles

US 11,533,111 In force
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Term ends Nov 15, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Dec 22, 2020 as application 17/130,720 · Granted Dec 20, 2022
Base term plus 44 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Oct 2, 2019
Term ends
Nov 15, 2039
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
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.
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 44 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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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 2, 2019, when application 16/591,209, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 22, 2020)Oct 2, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+44 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 15, 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 orderNov 15, 2039High confidence

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Application 18/826,020Pending
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Sources

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