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Method and Apparatus for Biometric Authentication Using Face Radar Signal

US 11,550,031 In force
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Term ends Jan 14, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Nov 18, 2019 as application 16/687,367 · Granted Jan 10, 2023
Base term plus 423 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2041
Clock starts
Nov 18, 2019
Term ends
Jan 14, 2041
Granted
Jan 10, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
423
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
43
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 423 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 18, 2019, when this application, 16/687,367, was filedNov 18, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+423 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 14, 2041High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 14, 2041High 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
Nov 18, 2019
Reel 51048, frame 473
Nguyen, Khuong N.; Qiu, Wenxun; Ng, Boon Loong; Va, Vutha; Sehgal, AbhishekSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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