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US 11,957,897 In force
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Term ends Jun 25, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Apr 24, 2017 as application 15/495,959 · Granted Apr 16, 2024
Base term plus 1158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2040
Clock starts
Apr 24, 2017
Term ends
Jun 25, 2040
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
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
1,158
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.
31
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 1158 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 Apr 24, 2017, when this application, 15/495,959, was filedApr 24, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1158 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 25, 2040High 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 orderJun 25, 2040High confidence

This family

US 11,957,897this patent
Jun 2040
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Application 15/988,315Pending
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Application PCT/US2019/047152PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 16/545,205Pending
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US 11,257,009In force
Aug 2039
Aug 2039
Application 16/785,969Pending
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Application 16/842,964Pending
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Application 16/944,977Pending
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8 of 31 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
Oct 28, 2025
Reel 72702, frame 249
Howard, NewtonGenesis Intelligence, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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