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Methods and systems for using natural language processing and machine-learning to produce vehicle-service content

US 9,672,497 In force
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Term ends Jan 7, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Nov 4, 2014 as application 14/532,983 · Granted Jun 6, 2017
Base term plus 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2035
Clock starts
Nov 4, 2014
Term ends
Jan 7, 2035
Granted
Jun 6, 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
64
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.
8
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 64 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 Nov 4, 2014, when this application, 14/532,983, was filedNov 4, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+64 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 7, 2035High 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 orderJan 7, 2035High confidence

This family

Application 61/899,833Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,672,497this patent
Jan 2035
Jan 2035
US 10,013,679In force
Nov 2034
Nov 2034
US 10,453,036In force
Nov 2034
Nov 2034
US 10,891,597In force
no later than Nov 2034
no later than Nov 2034
US 11,720,863In force
Oct 2035
Oct 2035
US 12,141,761In force
Nov 2034
Nov 2034
Application 18/908,480Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Apr 25, 2017
Reel 42141, frame 3
Lewis, Bradley R.; Merg, Patrick S.; Kasturi, Tilak B.Snap-on IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 25, 2017
Reel 42141, frame 59
Lewis, Bradley R.; Merg, Patrick S.Snap-on IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 25, 2017
Reel 42142, frame 378
Kelley, Brett A.; Foreman, Jacob G.Snap-on IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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