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Parallel Approximation of Distance Maps

US 8,982,142 In force
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Term ends Feb 14, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Jan 21, 2013 as application 13/746,008 · Granted Mar 17, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2008
Term ends
Feb 14, 2028
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,373,716, to Feb 14, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Feb 14, 2008, when application PCT/IL2008/000195, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 21, 2013)Feb 14, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,373,716)resolves to Feb 14, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 14, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,373,716In force
May 2029
May 2029
US 8,982,142this patent
Feb 2028
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
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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