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Method and System for Automatically Analyzing Categories in a Physical Space Based on the Visual Characterization of People

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Term ends Feb 27, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Dec 6, 2007 as application 11/999,656 · Granted May 29, 2012
Base term plus 1179 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2031
Clock starts
Dec 6, 2007
Term ends
Feb 27, 2031
Granted
May 29, 2012
base term patent term adjustment fee events 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
1,179
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.

This patent's term runs 1179 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 Dec 6, 2007, when this application, 11/999,656, was filedDec 6, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1179 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 27, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 27, 2031High confidence

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
Jun 6, 2008
Reel 21067, frame 755
Sharma, Rajeev; Mummareddy, Satish; Baboo, Priya; Hershey, Jeff; Jung, NamsoonVideomining CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 28, 2014
Reel 32373, frame 73
Videomining CorporationParmer, George ASecurity Interest
Oct 1, 2014
Reel 33860, frame 257
Videomining CorporationStruthers, Richard K.; Seig Trust #1 (Philip H. Seig, Trustee); Schiano, Anthony J.; Papson, Michael G.; Messiah College; Bentz, Richard E.; Weidner, Dean A.; Poole, Robert E.; Parmer, George A.; Pearson, Charles C., JR; Brennan, Michael; Agamemnon HoldingsSecurity Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationStruthers, Richard K.Security Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationSeig Trust #1 (Philip H. Seig, Trustee)Security Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationSchiano, Anthony J.Security Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationPapson, Michael G.Security Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationMessiah CollegeSecurity Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationBentz, Richard E.Security Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationWeidner, Dean A.Security Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationPoole, Robert E.Security Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationParmer, George A.Security Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationPearson, Charles C., JRSecurity Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationBrennan, MichaelSecurity Interest
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining CorporationAgamemnon HoldingsSecurity Interest
Feb 26, 2015
Reel 35039, frame 159
Parmer, George A.Video Mining CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Feb 26, 2015
Reel 35039, frame 632
Parmer, George A.; Pearson, Charles C., JR; Weidner, Dean A.; Struthers, Richard K.; Seig Trust #1; Papson, Michael G.; Messiah College; Brenner A/K/A Michael Brennan, Michael A.; Bentz, Richard E.; Agamemnon Holdings; Schiano, Anthony J.; Poole, Robert E.Video Mining CorporationRelease of Security Interest
May 31, 2016
Reel 38751, frame 889
Videomining CorporationAmeriserv Financial BankSecurity Interest
Jan 13, 2017
Reel 40969, frame 719
Videomining CorporationEnterprise BankSecurity Interest
Jan 25, 2017
Reel 41082, frame 41
Ameriserv Financial BankVideomining CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Aug 3, 2017
Reel 43430, frame 818
Videomining CorporationFederal National Payables, Inc. D/B/A/ Federal National Commercial CreditSecurity Interest
Apr 12, 2019
Reel 48874, frame 529
Videomining CorporationHari, DilipSecurity Interest
Apr 12, 2019
Reel 48876, frame 351
Videomining CorporationHirata, RichardSecurity Interest
Dec 20, 2021
Reel 58430, frame 273
Videomining Corporation; VMC Acq., LLCEnterprise BankSecurity Interest
Dec 21, 2021
Reel 58552, frame 34
Videomining CorporationVMC Acq., LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 1, 2022
Reel 58922, frame 571
VMC Acq., LLCVideomining, LLCChange of Name
Feb 7, 2022
Reel 58959, frame 406
VMC Acq., LLCVideomining, LLCChange of Name
Sep 8, 2023
Reel 64842, frame 66
Enterprise BankVideomining Corporation; Videomining, LLC FKA VMC Acq., LLCRelease of Security Interest
Sep 8, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Enterprise BankVideomining CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Sep 8, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Enterprise BankVideomining, LLC FKA VMC Acq., LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 5, 2023
Reel 65156, frame 157
Videomining Corporation; Videomining, LLCWhite Oak Yield Spectrum Paralell Fund, LP; White Oak Yield Spectrum Revolver Fund SCSPRelease of Security Interest
Oct 5, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining Corporation; Videomining, LLCWhite Oak Yield Spectrum Paralell Fund, LPRelease of Security Interest
Oct 5, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Videomining Corporation; Videomining, LLCWhite Oak Yield Spectrum Revolver Fund SCSPRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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