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Pointer Based Data Encryption

US 11,829,488 In force
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Term ends Aug 16, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Dec 20, 2019 as application 16/722,342 · Granted Nov 28, 2023
Base term plus 605 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2041
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2019
Term ends
Aug 16, 2041
Granted
Nov 28, 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
605
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.
16
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 605 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

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 Dec 20, 2019, when this application, 16/722,342, was filedDec 20, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+605 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 16, 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 orderAug 16, 2041High confidence

This family

US 11,250,165In force
Aug 2040
Aug 2040
Application 16/724,059Abandoned
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US 11,416,624Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
US 11,829,488this patent
Aug 2041
Aug 2041
US 11,308,225Lapsed on the fee record
Apr 2026
Apr 2026
US 11,321,469Lapsed on the fee record
May 2026
May 2026
US 11,768,946In force
Apr 2042
Apr 2042
US 11,354,423Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2026
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8 of 16 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
Dec 20, 2019
Reel 51342, frame 716
Durham, David M.; Lemay, Michael; Jayaram Masti, RamyaIntel CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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