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Driving Surface Friction Estimations Using Vehicle Steering

US 11,919,499 In force
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Term ends Sep 14, 2038 · High confidence

Held by UATC, LLC
Filed Sep 12, 2022 as application 17/942,756 · Granted Mar 5, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2018
Term ends
Sep 14, 2038
Granted
Mar 5, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,427,223, to Sep 14, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 14, 2018, when application 16/131,743, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2022)Sep 14, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,427,223)resolves to Sep 14, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 14, 2038High confidence

This family

US 11,465,630In force
Feb 2041
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US 11,427,223In force
Dec 2040
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Application PCT/US2019/051271PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,919,499this patent
Sep 2038
Sep 2038
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 15, 2022
Reel 61773, frame 731
Jonasson, MatsVolvo Car CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 15, 2022
Reel 61773, frame 710
Poeppel, Scott C.Uber Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 30, 2023
Reel 62543, frame 805
Uber Technologies, Inc.UATC, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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