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Picture Coding Supporting Block Partitioning and Block Merging

US 12,634,486 In force
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Term ends Oct 10, 2031 · Medium confidence

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

Filed Oct 29, 2024 as application 18/930,537 · Granted May 19, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2011
Term ends
Oct 10, 2031
Granted
May 19, 2026
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.
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Maintenance fees paid
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 1 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 Oct 10, 2011, when application PCT/EP2011/067647, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 29, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 10, 2031High 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 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 10, 2031Medium 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
Nov 26, 2024
Reel 69451, frame 262
GE Video Compression, LLCDolby Video Compression, LLCChange of Name

Sources

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