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Detail-In-Context Terrain Displacement Algorithm with Optimizations

US RE44,348 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Intellectual Ventures Assets 186 LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 22, 2027 · Low confidence

Reissue of US 7,580,036, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.

Filed Aug 24, 2011 as application 13/216,950 · Granted Jul 9, 2013
Base term plus 498 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Apr 11, 2006
Term ends
Aug 22, 2027
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
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
498
Days of term adjustment
Read from the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue. Not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from the original patent's grant (Aug 25, 2009). This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
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 498 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Low. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 11, 2006, when application 11/401,349, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 24, 2011)Apr 11, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainA reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustmentfollows the original patentMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+498 days, the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue (35 U.S.C. 251). This reissue's own record carries noneAug 22, 2027Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 22, 2027Low confidence

This family

US 7,580,036Surrendered on reissue
Jul 2013
Jul 2013
US RE44,348this patent
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
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
Dec 6, 2015
Reel 37220, frame 255
Noregin Assets N.v., L.l.c.Callahan Cellular L.L.C.Merger
Feb 12, 2023
Reel 62708, frame 463
Callahan Cellular L.L.C.Intellectual Ventures Assets 186 LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2023
Reel 63155, frame 300
Mind Fusion, LLCIntellectual Ventures Assets 186 LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 13, 2023
Reel 64271, frame 1
Intellectual Ventures Assets 186 LLCMind Fusion, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 21, 2023
Reel 64357, frame 642
Mind Fusion, LLCAccessify, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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