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System for Neurobehaviorual Animation

US 11,527,030 In force
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Term ends Aug 4, 2034 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Jul 17, 2020 as application 16/931,775 · Granted Dec 13, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2014
Term ends
Aug 4, 2034
Granted
Dec 13, 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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 4, 2014, when application PCT/NZ2014/000156, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 17, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 4, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 4, 2034Medium confidence

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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
Dec 12, 2022
Reel 62063, frame 316
Bullivant, David Peter; Robertson, Paul Burton; Sagar, Mark AndrewAuckland Uniservices LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 12, 2022
Reel 62063, frame 323
Auckland Uniservices LimitedSoul Machines LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 29, 2026
Reel 76077, frame 562
Soul Machines LimitedAppdirect, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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