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Universal Automated System for Identifying, Registering and Verifying the Existence, Location and Characteristics of Electric and Other Power Outlets by Random Users and for Retrieval and Utilization of Such Parametric Data and Outlets by All Users

US 12,188,778 In force
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Term ends Apr 3, 2037 · Low confidence

Filed Feb 16, 2024 as application 18/443,617 · Granted Jan 7, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2017
Term ends
Apr 3, 2037
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
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
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,796,340, US 11,913,801, to Apr 3, 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.
8
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 Apr 3, 2017, when application 15/477,669, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 16, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 3, 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 11,796,340, US 11,913,801)resolves to Apr 3, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 3, 2037Low confidence

This family

US 10,857,902In force
Apr 2037
Apr 2037
US 11,796,340In force
Feb 2038
Feb 2038
US 11,912,153In force
Apr 2038
Apr 2038
Application 18/123,610Pending
not computed
not computed
US 11,913,801In force
no later than Apr 2037
no later than Apr 2037
US 12,188,778this patent
Apr 2037
Apr 2037
US 12,771,754In force
Apr 2037
Apr 2037
Application 19/010,935Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Feb 16, 2024
Reel 66483, frame 856
Goei, EsmondPower Hero Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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