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Method for Maintaining Inventory in a Store

US 11,544,668 In force
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Term ends May 19, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jun 9, 2022 as application 17/836,778 · Granted Jan 3, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
May 19, 2017
Term ends
May 19, 2037
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
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.
17
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 May 19, 2017, when application 15/600,527, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 9, 2022)May 19, 2037High 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 orderMay 19, 2037High confidence

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8 of 17 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 22, 2022
Reel 60860, frame 609
Bahirat, Kanchan; Reddy, Shiva; Bogolea, Bradley; Safi, JariullahSimbe Robotics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 17, 2023
Reel 63669, frame 757
Simbe Robotics, Inc.Eastward Fund Management, LLCSecurity Interest
Jan 4, 2024
Reel 66023, frame 126
Eastward Fund Management, LLCSimbe Robotics, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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