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Enhanced Vision Systems and Methods

US 12,046,035 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 21, 2026 (Keybank National Association).

Term ends May 4, 2037 · Low confidence

Held by Eotech, LLC
Filed May 1, 2023 as application 18/310,068 · Granted Jul 23, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
May 4, 2017
Term ends
May 4, 2037
Granted
Jul 23, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,410,419, US 12,046,035, to May 4, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 4, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/031151, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 1, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)May 4, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,410,419, US 12,046,035)resolves to May 4, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 17390128, 16319446Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 4, 2037Low confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2017/031151PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,410,419In force
Sep 2039
Sep 2039
US 11,676,377In force
May 2037
May 2037
US 12,046,035this patent
May 2037
May 2037
US 12,705,886In force
May 2037
May 2037
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
May 1, 2023
Reel 63494, frame 171
Burnsed, Jon; Styonavich, Stephen; Iosue, MichaelL-3 Communications CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 1, 2023
Reel 63502, frame 785
L-3 Communications CorporationL-3 Technologies, Inc.Change of Name
May 1, 2023
Reel 63980, frame 569
L-3 Technologies, Inc.Eotech, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 21, 2026
Reel 74478, frame 31
Eotech, LLCKeybank National Association, As Administrative AgentSupplement and Confirmation of Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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