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System and Method for Energy-Efficient Implementation of Neural Networks

US 12,061,969 In force
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Term ends Feb 23, 2038 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Nov 10, 2022 as application 17/984,722 · Granted Aug 13, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2018
Term ends
Feb 23, 2038
Granted
Aug 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.
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.
8
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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Feb 23, 2018, when application 15/903,754, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 10, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Feb 23, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 orderFeb 23, 2038Medium confidence

This family

US 11,514,294In force
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US 11,614,947In force
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US 12,061,969this patent
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Application 18/126,574Abandoned
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US 11,941,405In force
Feb 2038
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Application 18/770,518Abandoned
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Application 18/788,433Pending
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7 of 8 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 10, 2022
Reel 61726, frame 369
Kapik Inc.Untether AI CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 10, 2022
Reel 61917, frame 700
Snelgrove, William MartinKapik Inc.Confirmation and Assignment
Nov 10, 2022
Reel 61917, frame 722
Wiebe, DarrickKapik Inc.Confirmation and Assignment
Jun 17, 2025
Reel 71655, frame 897
National Bank of CanadaUntether AI CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Apr 23, 2026
Reel 75495, frame 905
Untether AI CorporationAt-Memory Computing LPAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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