Applied Artificial Intelligence Technology for Performing Natural Language Generation (NLG) Using Composable Communication Goals and Ontologies to Generate Narrative Stories

US 12,086,562 In force

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Term ends Feb 15, 2038 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Salesforce, Inc.

Filed Aug 7, 2020 as application 16/987,509 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Base term plus 989 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Feb 15, 2038

2018 2038

Clock starts
Feb 15, 2018

Term ends
Feb 15, 2038

Granted
Sep 10, 2024

base term 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

989

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

Capped

Terminal disclaimer

Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,762,304.

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.

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Feb 15, 2018, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Aug 7, 2020)	Feb 15, 2038	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+989 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Oct 31, 2040	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,762,304)	capped to Feb 15, 2038	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	0 of 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Feb 15, 2038	High confidence

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Applied Artificial Intelligence Technology for Performing Natural Language Generation (NLG) Using Composable Communication Goals and Ontologies to Generate Narrative Stories

Term ends Feb 15, 2038 · High confidence

20-year base term ends Feb 15, 2038

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