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Systems and Methods for Detecting Obstructions in a Camera Field of View

US 9,185,360 In force
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Term ends Mar 19, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Sep 16, 2013 as application 14/027,488 · Granted Nov 10, 2015
Base term plus 116 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Nov 23, 2006
Term ends
Mar 19, 2027
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
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
116
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,553,088, to Mar 19, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
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This patent's term runs 116 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 23, 2006, when application 11/562,998, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 16, 2013)Nov 23, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+116 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 19, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,553,088)resolves to Mar 19, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 19, 2027High 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
Dec 10, 2013
Reel 31749, frame 542
Stein, Gideon; Hadassi, OferMobileye Technologies LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 2, 2014
Reel 34305, frame 993
Mobileye Technologies LimitedMobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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