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US 12,776,207 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 13, 2026 (National Bank of Canada).

Term ends Apr 20, 2040 · Low confidence

Filed Apr 22, 2024 as application 18/642,042 · Granted Oct 27, 2026
Base term plus 68 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Feb 12, 2020
Term ends
Apr 20, 2040
Granted
Oct 27, 2026
base term patent term adjustment 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
68
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,995,984, US 12,776,207, to Apr 20, 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.
3
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 68 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Feb 12, 2020, when application 16/788,716, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 22, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Feb 12, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+68 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 20, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,995,984, US 12,776,207)resolves to Apr 20, 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 orderApr 20, 2040Low confidence

This family

US 11,158,189In force
Apr 2040
Apr 2040
US 11,995,984In force
no later than Dec 2040
no later than Dec 2040
US 12,776,207this patent
Apr 2040
Apr 2040
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
Jan 14, 2025
Reel 69857, frame 839
Edwardson, Samantha; Edwardson, DavidGlobal Traffic Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 7, 2025
Reel 70446, frame 609
Global Traffic Technologies, LLCMiovision Technologies US, LLCChange of Name
Apr 30, 2025
Reel 71129, frame 664
Global Traffic Technologies, LLCMiovision Technologies US, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Street Address and Zip Code Previously Recorded on Reel 70446 Frame 609. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.
Aug 13, 2026
Reel 76382, frame 479
Miovision Technologies US, LLCNational Bank of CanadaSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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