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Automated Highway System

US 9,786,163 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 10, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Apr 5, 2016 as application 15/091,474 · Granted Oct 10, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 10, 2021
2016 2036
Clock starts
Apr 5, 2016
No longer in force
Oct 10, 2021
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Term would have run to
Apr 5, 2036
base term after the term ends 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
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Its term would have run to Apr 5, 2036: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 5, 2016, when this application, 15/091,474, was filedApr 5, 2036High 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 events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 10, 2021High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 10, 2021High confidence

This family

US 9,786,163this patent
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US 10,026,310In force
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US 10,297,146In force
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US 10,796,566In force
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US 11,200,796In force
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US 12,451,002In force
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US 12,711,856In force
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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 5, 2016
Reel 38198, frame 797
Ioli, Edward D.Edward D. Ioli TrustAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 19, 2022
Reel 60551, frame 48
Edi Licensing, LLCEdward D. Ioli TrustSecurity Interest
Aug 18, 2022
Reel 60844, frame 762
Edward D. Ioli TrustEdi Licensing LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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