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Computing Cloud System for Object Selection, Object Picking by Line, Object Loading and Object Delivery Using an Object Location Identification Trigger

US 9,043,235 In force
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Term ends May 3, 2030 · Low confidence

Held by Systems Application Engineering, Inc.
Filed Apr 10, 2013 as application 13/860,431 · Granted May 26, 2015
Base term plus 303 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
May 3, 2010
Term ends
May 3, 2030
Granted
May 26, 2015
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
303
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,991,654.
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.

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.
Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 3, 2010, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Apr 10, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)May 3, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+303 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 2, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,991,654)capped to May 3, 2030High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 13159054Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 3, 2030Low confidence

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