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Visual Information System and Computer Mobility Application for Field Personnel

US 10,699,222 In force
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Term ends Oct 8, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jan 15, 2014 as application 14/111,219 · Granted Jun 30, 2020
Base term plus 908 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2034
Clock starts
Apr 13, 2012
Term ends
Oct 8, 2034
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
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
908
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
80
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 908 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Apr 13, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/033495, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 15, 2014)Apr 13, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+908 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 8, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 8, 2034High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2011/054689PCT application
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Application PCT/US2012/033495PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,699,222this patent
Oct 2034
Oct 2034
Application 14/561,557Abandoned
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Application 14/573,456Abandoned
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Application 14/573,541Abandoned
not computed
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Application 14/573,611Abandoned
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US 10,242,369In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
8 of 80 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Jan 15, 2014
Reel 31974, frame 109
Hovis, Allan R.; Paterson, DavidBayer CropScience LPAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 22, 2019
Reel 51087, frame 442
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft; Bayer CropScience LP; Bayer CropScience AktiengesellschaftBASF SEAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 22, 2019
Reel 51087, frame 858
BASF SEBASF Agro Trademarks GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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