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Systems and Methods for Centralized Control of Autonomous Vehicles

US 11,899,450 In force
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Term ends Jul 6, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Dec 29, 2022 as application 18/091,051 · Granted Feb 13, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2017
Term ends
Jul 6, 2037
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
base term 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.
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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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 6, 2017, when application 15/643,376, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 29, 2022)Jul 6, 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 events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 6, 2037High confidence

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US 10,656,640In force
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Application 16/877,145Abandoned
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US 11,899,450this patent
Jul 2037
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US 12,493,289In force
Nov 2037
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Application 18/439,638Abandoned
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US 12,524,002In force
Jul 2037
Jul 2037
Application 19/412,259Pending
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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
Mar 28, 2023
Reel 63133, frame 574
Ferren, BranApplied Minds, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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