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Systems and Methods for Liveness-Verified, Biometric-Based Encryption

US 11,972,637 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jul 16, 2039 · High confidence

Held by T Stamp Inc.
Filed Aug 13, 2021 as application 17/401,504 · Granted Apr 30, 2024
Base term plus 74 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
May 3, 2019
Term ends
Jul 16, 2039
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
base term patent term adjustment Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
74
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 74 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 May 3, 2019, when application 16/403,106, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2021)May 3, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+74 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 16, 2039High 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 orderJul 16, 2039High 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
Aug 30, 2022
Reel 60940, frame 185
Genner, GarethT Stamp Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 2, 2025
Reel 71800, frame 427
T Stamp Inc.Streeterville Capital, LLCSecurity Interest
Oct 6, 2025
Reel 73010, frame 488
Streeterville Capital, LLCT Stamp Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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