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Fast Recognition Algorithm Processing, Systems and Methods

US 9,690,991 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jul 15, 2034 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,508,009), so the cap could be lower.

Filed Oct 27, 2016 as application 15/336,754 · Granted Jun 27, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jul 15, 2014
Term ends
Jul 15, 2034
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,355,123, US 9,508,009, to Jul 15, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 15, 2014, when application 14/332,371, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 27, 2016)Jul 15, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,355,123, US 9,508,009)resolves to Jul 15, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 15, 2034Medium confidence

This family

US 9,355,123In force
Dec 2034
Dec 2034
US 9,508,009In force
no later than Jul 2034
no later than Jul 2034
US 9,690,991this patent
Jul 2034
Jul 2034
US 9,904,850In force
Jul 2034
Jul 2034
US 10,628,673In force
Jul 2034
Jul 2034
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
Oct 28, 2016
Reel 40512, frame 222
McKinnon, DavidNant Vision, Inc.Employee Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreement
Oct 28, 2016
Reel 40163, frame 862
Nant Vision, Inc.Nant Holdings IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 28, 2016
Reel 40163, frame 904
Nantmobile, LLCNant Holdings IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 28, 2016
Reel 40163, frame 910
Nantworks, LLCNant Holdings IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 28, 2016
Reel 40163, frame 859
Wnuk, KamilNant Vision, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 28, 2016
Reel 40163, frame 856
Sudol, JeremiNant Vision, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 28, 2016
Reel 40163, frame 849
Siddiqui, MatheenNant Vision, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 28, 2016
Reel 40163, frame 901
Dialameh, OrangNantmobile, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 28, 2016
Reel 40163, frame 907
Song, BingNantworks, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 28, 2016
Reel 40163, frame 916
Soon-shiong, PatrickNant Holdings IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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