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Traffic Flow Through an Intersection by Reducing Platoon Interference

US 9,412,271 In force
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Term ends Apr 30, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Jan 30, 2013 as application 13/753,869 · Granted Aug 9, 2016
Base term plus 90 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Jan 30, 2013
Term ends
Apr 30, 2033
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
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
90
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 90 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 30, 2013, when this application, 13/753,869, was filedJan 30, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+90 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 30, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 30, 2033High confidence

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US 9,412,271this patent
Apr 2033
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Application 15/198,512Abandoned
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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
Jan 30, 2013
Reel 29723, frame 549
Sharma, AnujWavetronix LLC.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 23, 2014
Reel 32026, frame 762
Sharma, AnujWavetronix LLCNunc Pro Tunc Assignment
Nov 2, 2015
Reel 36932, frame 950
Wavetronix LLCDbsi Liquidating TrustSecurity Interest
Dec 19, 2016
Reel 41012, frame 129
Dbsi Liquidating TrustWavetronix LLCSecurity Interest
Jan 8, 2019
Reel 47935, frame 934
Wavetronix LLC; Hobble Creek Square LLC; Wavetronix Disc Inc.; Wavetronix Technologies LLC; Wavetronix Rail LLC; The Island Radar Company, LLC; Wavetronix Traffic LLC; Wavetronix LLC (N.V. LLC)Zions Bancorporation, N.a.Security Interest
Jan 15, 2019
Reel 48072, frame 613
Wavetronix LLC; Hobble Creek Square LLC; Wavetronix Disc Inc.; Wavetronix Technologies LLC; Wavetronix Rail LLC; The Island Radar Company, LLC; Wavetronix Traffic LLC; Wavetronix LLC (N.V. LLC)Zions Bancorporation, N.A. Dba Zions First National BankCorrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 47935 Frame: 934. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Aug 10, 2026
Reel 75585, frame 394
Wavetronix LLCWavetronix LLCMerger

Sources

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