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System and Method for Neural Network Orchestration

US 11,017,780 In force
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Term ends Aug 1, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Feb 27, 2019 as application 16/287,892 · Granted May 25, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Aug 1, 2018
Term ends
Aug 1, 2038
Granted
May 25, 2021
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
15
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. 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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 1, 2018, when application 16/052,459, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2019)Aug 1, 2038High 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 1, 2038High confidence

This family

Application 16/052,459Abandoned
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Application 16/109,516Abandoned
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Application 16/215,371Abandoned
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US 11,043,209In force
May 2039
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Application 16/243,037Abandoned
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US 11,176,947In force
Jul 2039
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US 11,017,780this patent
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Application 16/294,781Abandoned
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8 of 15 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
Feb 27, 2020
Reel 51957, frame 449
Steelberg, Chad; Nguyen, Peter; Kettler, David; Schwamb, Karl; Zhao, YuVeritone, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 13, 2023
Reel 66140, frame 513
Veritone, Inc.Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 19, 2025
Reel 73634, frame 333
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral AgentVeritone, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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