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System and Method for On-The-Fly Key Color Generation

US 8,896,612 In force
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Term ends Oct 30, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Nov 16, 2010 as application 12/947,294 · Granted Nov 25, 2014
Base term plus 348 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2031
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2010
Term ends
Oct 30, 2031
Granted
Nov 25, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
348
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.
4
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This patent's term runs 348 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 16, 2010, when this application, 12/947,294, was filedNov 16, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+348 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 30, 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 orderOct 30, 2031High confidence

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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
Nov 16, 2010
Reel 25368, frame 72
Chowdhry, Anita; Ghosh, SubirNcomputing Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 9, 2013
Reel 30390, frame 535
Ncomputing, Inc.Ares Capital CorporationSecurity Agreement
Feb 6, 2014
Reel 32166, frame 456
Ncomputing, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Ncomputing, Inc., a California CorporationPinnacle Ventures, L.l.c.Security Agreement
Nov 6, 2015
Reel 37058, frame 390
Ncomputing, Inc.Ares Capital CorporationCorrective Assignment to Correct the Address of Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 030390 Frame: 0535. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Jul 19, 2017
Reel 43237, frame 74
Ncomputing de, LLCNcomputing Global, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 16, 2019
Reel 48031, frame 929
Ncomputing, Inc.Ncomputing de, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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