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Millimeter Wave Sensor Used to Optimize Performance of a Beamforming Microphone Array

US 11,172,291 In force
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Term ends Feb 26, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Feb 26, 2020 as application 16/802,111 · Granted Nov 9, 2021
Base term plus 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Feb 26, 2020
Term ends
Feb 26, 2040
Granted
Nov 9, 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
1
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,070,913.
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.
10
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 1 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Feb 26, 2020, when this application, 16/802,111, was filedFeb 26, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 27, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,070,913)capped to Feb 26, 2040High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 26, 2040High confidence

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Application 62/811,007Provisional application
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US 11,457,309In force
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US 11,172,291this patent
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US 11,070,913In force
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US 11,019,426In force
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US 12,445,792In force
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Application 19/332,320Pending
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Application 19/332,596Pending
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8 of 10 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
Aug 2, 2020
Reel 53377, frame 13
Labosco, MarkCrestron Electronics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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