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Detecting Objects Within a Vehicle in Connection with a Service

US 9,616,773 In force
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Term ends May 11, 2035 · High confidence

Filed May 11, 2015 as application 14/708,611 · Granted Apr 11, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
May 11, 2015
Term ends
May 11, 2035
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
base term 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 11, 2015, when this application, 14/708,611, was filedMay 11, 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 11, 2035High 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 12, 2015
Reel 36770, frame 991
Bradley, David McAllister; Valois, Jean-sebastienUber Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 8, 2016
Reel 38847, frame 853
Uber Technologies, Inc.Uber International C.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 9, 2016
Reel 38867, frame 970
Uber International C.V.Apparate International C.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 30, 2016
Reel 39589, frame 860
Apparate International C.V.Uber Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 12, 2019
Reel 50353, frame 884
Uber Technologies, Inc.UATC, LLCChange of Name
Nov 27, 2019
Reel 51145, frame 1
Uber Technologies, Inc.UATC, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance from Change of Name to Assignment Previously Recorded on Reel 050353 Frame 0884. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Conveyance Should Be Assignment.
Jan 7, 2021
Reel 54919, frame 26
UATC, LLCUber Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 2, 2022
Reel 59692, frame 280
UATC, LLCUber Technologies, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignment Document Previously Recorded at Reel: 054919 Frame: 0026. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

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