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Systems and Methods for Semi-Autonomous Vehicular Convoys

US 8,744,666 In force
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Term ends Jul 5, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jul 5, 2012 as application 13/542,622 · Granted Jun 3, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jul 5, 2012
Term ends
Jul 5, 2032
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
base term fee events 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.
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.
74
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 5, 2012, when this application, 13/542,622, was filedJul 5, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderJul 5, 2032High confidence

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Application PCT/US2006/000167PCT application
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US 8,236,542Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,999,692Lapsed on the fee record
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Application PCT/US2012/045830PCT application
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Application PCT/US2014/030770PCT application
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US 9,665,102In force (reinstated)
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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
Oct 26, 2012
Reel 29202, frame 686
Switkes, Joshua P.; Gerdes, Joseph Christian; Berdichevsky, EugenePeloton Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 13, 2014
Reel 31954, frame 203
Switkes, Joshua P.; Gerdes, Joseph Christian; Berdichevsky, GenePeloton Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

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