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Methods and Systems for Controlling Vehicle Body Motion and Occupant Experience

US 12,350,988 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 10, 2025 (Acadia Woods Partners, LLC).

Term ends Jun 3, 2036 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Nov 6, 2023 as application 18/503,176 · Granted Jul 8, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jun 3, 2016
Term ends
Jun 3, 2036
Granted
Jul 8, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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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. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 3, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/035926, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 6, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 3, 2036High 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 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 orderJun 3, 2036Medium confidence

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Application PCT/US2016/035926PCT application
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US 10,513,161In force
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US 11,192,420In force
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US 11,850,904In force
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US 12,350,988this patent
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Application 19/225,653Pending
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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
Mar 8, 2024
Reel 66702, frame 230
Anderson, Zackary Martin; Giovanardi, Marco; Ekchian, Jack A.; Godwin, Olivia D.; Tucker, Clive; Laplante, John A.; Graves, William; Avadhany, Shakeel; Finnegan, Michael W.ClearMotion, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 10, 2025
Reel 72836, frame 921
ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC; ClearMotion, Inc.Acadia Woods Partners, LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 30, 2026
Reel 76013, frame 523
ClearMotion, Inc.; ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCAcadia Woods Partners, LLC, as Collateral AgentAmended and Restated Patent Security Agreement

Sources

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