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Deriving Input Restrictions for Artificial Intelligence Agents

US 12,688,263 In force
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Term ends Sep 13, 2044 · Low confidence

Held by Airia LLC
Filed Jul 15, 2025 as application 19/269,462 · Granted Jul 21, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2024 2044
Clock starts
Sep 13, 2024
Term ends
Sep 13, 2044
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 12,386,924, to Sep 13, 2044. 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.
16
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 13, 2024, when application 18/885,556, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 15, 2025); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 13, 2044High 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 12,386,924)resolves to Sep 13, 2044, 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: 18946880, 18885556Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 13, 2044Low confidence

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Application 19/059,402Pending
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Application 19/059,389Pending
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8 of 16 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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