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Method and Terminal for Ambient Light Detection

US 11,295,653 In force
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Term ends Aug 10, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Jun 29, 2020 as application 16/959,059 · Granted Apr 5, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Aug 10, 2018
Term ends
Aug 10, 2038
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
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.
9
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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 10, 2018, when application PCT/CN2018/099932, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2020)Aug 10, 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 10, 2038High confidence

This family

US 11,295,653this patent
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US 11,705,039In force
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US 11,881,137In force
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US 11,990,076In force
no later than Aug 2038
no later than Aug 2038
US 12,230,179In force
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US 12,333,981In force
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US 12,626,628In force
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Application 19/658,098Pending
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8 of 9 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
Apr 1, 2021
Reel 55792, frame 941
Li, Chenlong; Gui, Hongxia; Zhao, XinHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 13, 2021
Reel 55919, frame 344
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Honor Device Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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