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Methods for Operation of Autonomous Vehicles in Special Control Zones

US 9,298,186 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Lapsed Mar 29, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Lyft, Inc.
Filed Aug 27, 2015 as application 14/837,114 · Granted Mar 29, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 29, 2024
2015 2035
Clock starts
Feb 1, 2015
No longer in force
Mar 29, 2024
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Term would have run to
Feb 1, 2035
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
20
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Feb 1, 2035: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 1, 2015, when application 14/611,253, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 27, 2015)Feb 1, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Mar 29, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 29, 2024High confidence

This family

US 9,139,199Lapsed on the fee record
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US 9,298,186this patent
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US 9,645,578In force
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US 10,452,079In force
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8 of 20 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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 6, 2017
Reel 44315, frame 111
Harvey, Thomas DanaherProsper Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 18, 2019
Reel 48063, frame 217
Prosper Technology, LLCLyft, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 3, 2022
Reel 61880, frame 237
Lyft, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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