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Automatic Control Method of Generating Sub-Systems and Sub-System Arbitration from the Deconstruction of a Complex Equipment Graph

US 12,388,673 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 19, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Jun 12, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Jul 11, 2023 as application 18/350,561 · Granted Aug 12, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2018
Term ends
Jun 12, 2038
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
base term after the term ends 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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,705,492, US 10,708,078, US 11,392,096, US 11,394,574, US 11,733,662, US 11,743,069.
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.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Jun 13, 2018, when application 16/007,963, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 11, 2023)Jun 13, 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 10,705,492, US 10,708,078, US 11,392,096, US 11,394,574, US 11,733,662, US 11,743,069)capped to Jun 12, 2038High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 12, 2038High confidence

This family

US 10,708,078In force
Jun 2038
Jun 2038
US 11,394,574In force
Jun 2038
Jun 2038
US 11,743,069In force
Jun 2038
Jun 2038
US 12,388,673this patent
Jun 2038
Jun 2038
Application 19/019,239Pending
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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
Aug 16, 2023
Reel 64600, frame 541
Harvey, Troy AaronPassivelogic, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 19, 2025
Reel 73605, frame 1
Passivelogic, Inc.; Quantum Alliance LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest

Sources

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

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