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Parallel Approximation of Distance Maps

US 8,373,716 In force
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Term ends May 26, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Aug 27, 2009 as application 12/527,265 · Granted Feb 12, 2013
Base term plus 467 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2008
Term ends
May 26, 2029
Granted
Feb 12, 2013
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
467
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.
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 467 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 Feb 14, 2008, when application PCT/IL2008/000195, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 27, 2009)Feb 14, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+467 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 26, 2029High 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 orderMay 26, 2029High confidence

This family

US 8,373,716this patent
May 2029
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US 8,982,142In force
Feb 2028
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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
Aug 27, 2009
Reel 23153, frame 856
Bronstein, Alexander; Bronstein, Michael; Kimmel, Ron; Devir, Yohai; Weber, OfirTechnion Research and Development Foundation Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 13, 2013
Reel 29803, frame 586
Invision Biometrics Ltd.Intel Benelux B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 27, 2013
Reel 31516, frame 368
Invision Biometrics Ltd.Intel Benelux B. V.Corrective Document to Correct the Nature of Conveyance to a License Agreement, Previously Recorded on Reel 029803 Frame 0586.

Sources

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