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US 11,995,984 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 13, 2026 (National Bank of Canada).

Term ends no later than Dec 31, 2040 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Sep 15, 2021 as application 17/475,491 · Granted May 28, 2024
Base term plus 323 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Feb 12, 2020
Ends no later than
Dec 31, 2040
Granted
May 28, 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
323
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
3
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 runs 323 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Feb 12, 2020, when application 16/788,716, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 15, 2021)Feb 12, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+323 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 31, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Dec 31, 2040Medium confidence

This family

US 11,158,189In force
Apr 2040
Apr 2040
US 11,995,984this patent
no later than Dec 2040
no later than Dec 2040
US 12,776,207In force
Apr 2040
Apr 2040
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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 15, 2021
Reel 57484, frame 646
Edwardson, David; Edwardson, SamanthaGlobal Traffic Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 21, 2024
Reel 66861, frame 273
Global Traffic Technologies, LLCExport Development CanadaSecurity Interest
Mar 7, 2025
Reel 70446, frame 609
Global Traffic Technologies, LLCMiovision Technologies US, LLCChange of Name
Apr 30, 2025
Reel 71129, frame 664
Global Traffic Technologies, LLCMiovision Technologies US, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Street Address and Zip Code Previously Recorded on Reel 70446 Frame 609. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.
Aug 13, 2026
Reel 76382, frame 479
Miovision Technologies US, LLCNational Bank of CanadaSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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