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Inter Prediction-Based Image Coding Method and Device

US 12,641,221 In force
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Term ends Jun 15, 2040 · Low confidence

Filed Sep 23, 2024 as application 18/893,690 · Granted May 26, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Jun 15, 2020
Term ends
Jun 15, 2040
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,457,208, US 11,902,511, US 12,137,213, to Jun 15, 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.
6
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 Jun 15, 2020, when application PCT/KR2020/007717, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 23, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 15, 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 11,457,208, US 11,902,511, US 12,137,213)resolves to Jun 15, 2040, 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 orderJun 15, 2040Low confidence

This family

US 11,457,208In force
Jun 2040
Jun 2040
US 11,902,511In force
Jun 2040
Jun 2040
US 12,137,213In force
no later than Jun 2040
no later than Jun 2040
US 12,641,221this patent
Jun 2040
Jun 2040
Application 19/653,925Pending
not computed
not computed
5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 23, 2024
Reel 68667, frame 938
Park, Naeri; Nam, Junghak; Jang, HyeongmoonLG Electronics Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 2, 2026
Reel 75870, frame 234
LG Electronics Inc.Honor Device Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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