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Systems and Methods of Determining Tread Depth

US 12,296,622 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 26, 2024 (Trinity Capital Inc.).

Term ends Sep 30, 2040 · Low confidence

Held by Uveye Ltd.
Filed Jun 12, 2023 as application 18/333,030 · Granted May 13, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2020
Term ends
Sep 30, 2040
Granted
May 13, 2025
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 11,707,948, to Sep 30, 2040. 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.
2
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 Sep 30, 2020, when application 17/039,765, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 12, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 30, 2040High 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 11,707,948)resolves to Sep 30, 2040, 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: 17039765Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 30, 2040Low confidence

This family

US 11,707,948In force
Aug 2041
Aug 2041
US 12,296,622this patent
Sep 2040
Sep 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
Jun 12, 2023
Reel 63925, frame 444
Shklyar, Roman; Grinshpoun, Ilya; Grossman, Danny; Shapiro, IliaUveye Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 12, 2023
Reel 64572, frame 833
Uveye Ltd.Viola Credit GL II (Uvci), Limited PartnershipSecurity Interest
Dec 26, 2024
Reel 69685, frame 30
Uveye Ltd.Trinity Capital Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 12, 2025
Reel 70197, frame 787
Viola Credit GL II (Uvci), Limited PartnershipUveye Ltd.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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