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Enhanced Encryption for Face-Related Data

US 12,640,904 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 1, 2024 (First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company).

Term ends Apr 8, 2042 · Low confidence

Held by Verkada Inc.
Filed Jun 17, 2024 as application 18/744,901 · Granted May 26, 2026
Base term plus 54 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2022 2042
Clock starts
Apr 8, 2022
Term ends
Apr 8, 2042
Granted
May 26, 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
54
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,496,288, US 12,015,692.
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.
7
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 runs 54 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 8, 2022, when application 17/716,424, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 17, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 8, 2042High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+54 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 1, 2042High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,496,288, US 12,015,692)capped to Apr 8, 2042High 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: 17937026, 17716424Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 8, 2042Low confidence

This family

US 11,514,714In force
Apr 2042
Apr 2042
US 11,496,288In force
Apr 2042
Apr 2042
US 12,015,692In force
Apr 2042
Apr 2042
US 11,676,418In force
Apr 2042
Apr 2042
Application PCT/US2023/065517PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 12,640,904this patent
Apr 2042
Apr 2042
Application 19/664,828Pending
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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
Sep 16, 2024
Reel 68597, frame 669
Soltani, Kiumars; Wang, Yuewei; Chhabra, Kabir; Giron Nanne, Jose M.; Gong, YunchaoVerkada Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 1, 2024
Reel 68758, frame 910
Verkada Inc.First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, as AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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