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Systems and Methods for Semi-Autonomous Convoying of Vehicles

US 9,582,006 In force
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Term ends Nov 3, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jul 5, 2012 as application 13/542,627 · Granted Feb 28, 2017
Base term plus 121 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jul 5, 2012
Term ends
Nov 3, 2032
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
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
121
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.
74
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 runs 121 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jul 5, 2012, when this application, 13/542,627, was filedJul 5, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+121 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 3, 2032High 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 orderNov 3, 2032High 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
Oct 25, 2012
Reel 29195, frame 194
Switkes, Joshua P.; Gerdes, Joseph Christian; Berdichevsky, EugenePeloton Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 15, 2014
Reel 31973, frame 867
Switkes, Joshua P.; Gerdes, Joseph Christian; Berdichevsky, GenePeloton Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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