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US 11,864,914 In force
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Term ends Oct 22, 2038 · High confidence

Filed May 4, 2023 as application 18/143,142 · Granted Jan 9, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2018
Term ends
Oct 22, 2038
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
base term 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
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 22, 2018, when application PCT/US2018/056814, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 4, 2023)Oct 22, 2038High 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 events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 22, 2038High 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
Jun 12, 2023
Reel 63926, frame 586
Leaper, Matthew R.Datafeel Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 12, 2024
Reel 69225, frame 918
Datafeel Inc.Hyper Ice, Inc.Confirmatory License

Sources

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