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US 11,584,005 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Jul 31, 2041 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed May 31, 2022 as application 17/829,205 · Granted Feb 21, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2041
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2021
Ends no later than
Jul 31, 2041
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
39
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 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 Jul 31, 2021, when application 17/390,885, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 31, 2022)Jul 31, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jul 31, 2041Medium confidence

This family

Application 17/390,885Abandoned
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Application 17/826,867Abandoned
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US 12,370,681In force
Jul 2041
Jul 2041
US 11,584,005this patent
no later than Jul 2041
no later than Jul 2041
US 11,613,014In force
Jul 2041
Jul 2041
US 11,897,136In force
Jul 2041
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US 12,049,009In force
Jul 2041
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US 11,820,016In force
Jul 2041
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8 of 39 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
Nov 8, 2022
Reel 61698, frame 246
Gong, Cheng; Guha, Rishav; Gupta, Satyandra K.; Jacobs, Marshall J.; Kabir, Ariyan M.; Navarro, Ceasar G.; Shah, Brual C.Graymatter Robotics Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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