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Image Sensor Apparatus and Method for Simultaneously Capturing Flash and Ambient Illuminated Images

US 9,154,708 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 30, 2021 (Zilka Kotab, P.C.).

Term ends Nov 5, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Duelight LLC
Filed Nov 6, 2014 as application 14/535,274 · Granted Oct 6, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2014
Term ends
Nov 5, 2034
Granted
Oct 6, 2015
base term after the term ends 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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,167,169.
2 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.
50
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 resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Nov 6, 2014, when this application, 14/535,274, was filedNov 6, 2034High 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 9,167,169)capped to Nov 5, 2034High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 5, 2034High 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
May 26, 2015
Reel 35715, frame 71
Rivard, William; Feder, Adam; Kindle, BrianDuelight LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 30, 2021
Reel 57043, frame 301
Duelight, LLCZilka Kotab, P.c.Security Interest

Sources

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

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