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Systems and Methods for Generating Augmented and Virtual Reality Images

US 12,147,594 In force
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Term ends Aug 18, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Feb 10, 2023 as application 18/167,249 · Granted Nov 19, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Aug 18, 2014
Term ends
Aug 18, 2034
Granted
Nov 19, 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
None
Term adjustment
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 18, 2014, when application 14/462,249, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 10, 2023)Aug 18, 2034High 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 18, 2034High 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
Feb 10, 2023
Reel 62653, frame 384
Blum, Steven C.; McQuillian, Brian B.Universal City Studios LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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