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Automatic control method of generating sub-systems and sub-system arbitration from the deconstruction of a complex equipment graph

US 11,394,574 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 19, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Jun 13, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Jul 6, 2020 as application 16/921,924 · Granted Jul 19, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2018
Term ends
Jun 13, 2038
Granted
Jul 19, 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.
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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.
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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 Jun 13, 2018, when application 16/007,963, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 6, 2020)Jun 13, 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 orderJun 13, 2038High confidence

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US 11,394,574this patent
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US 11,743,069In force
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Application 19/019,239Pending
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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
Mar 29, 2023
Reel 63151, frame 16
Harvey, Troy AaronPassivelogic, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 19, 2025
Reel 73605, frame 1
Passivelogic, Inc.; Quantum Alliance LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest

Sources

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