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Scene-Based Sensor Networks

US 11,972,036 In force
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Term ends Mar 24, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jul 11, 2022 as application 17/862,294 · Granted Apr 30, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2017
Term ends
Mar 24, 2037
Granted
Apr 30, 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.
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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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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 Mar 24, 2017, when application 15/469,380, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 11, 2022)Mar 24, 2037High 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 orderMar 24, 2037High 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
Jul 15, 2022
Reel 60526, frame 614
Lee, David D.; Wajs, Andrew Augustine; Ryu, Seungoh; Lim, ChienScenera, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 20, 2023
Reel 62443, frame 941
Lee, David D.; Wajs, Andrew A; Ryu, Seungoh; Lim, ChienScenera, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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