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Scene Preset Identification Using Quadtree Decomposition Analysis

US 9,805,271 In force
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Term ends Oct 29, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Aug 18, 2009 as application 12/543,223 · Granted Oct 31, 2017
Base term plus 1533 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2033
Clock starts
Aug 18, 2009
Term ends
Oct 29, 2033
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
base term patent term adjustment fee events 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
1,533
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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 runs 1533 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 18, 2009, when this application, 12/543,223, was filedAug 18, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1533 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 29, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 29, 2033High confidence

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US 9,805,271this patent
Oct 2033
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Application PCT/US2010/045206PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,248,869In force
Aug 2029
Aug 2029
US 10,796,164In force
Aug 2029
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The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

The 40 most recent of 132 recorded documents are shown; the 92 earliest are not. 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
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Peglow, Sue EllenSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Peters, CynthiaSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Pike, David A.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2017
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Giant Gray, Inc.Reece, Donald B.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Reece, Myrtle D.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Renbarger, TerrySecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Renbarger, RosemarySecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Reyes, JoseSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Reyes, BethSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Rhoten, Mary C.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Ricks, Penny L.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2017
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Giant Gray, Inc.Robinson, RickSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Sgro, Mario P.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Sgro, MarioSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.St. Louis, GloriaSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Stroeh, Mary AnnSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Stroeh, Stephen L.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Sullivan, Donna L.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Townsend, ChristopherSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Townsend, JillSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Trees, CraigSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Welpott, Warren R.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Welpott, WarrenSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Welpott, TravisSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Welpott, MelissaSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Zeigler, Betty JoSecurity Interest
Jun 8, 2017
Reel 42734, frame 380
Giant Gray, Inc.Golden, Roger; Perez-majul, Alain; Perez-majul, Alena; Perez-majul, Maria; Perez-majul, FernandoSecurity Interest
Jun 8, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Golden, RogerSecurity Interest
Jun 8, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Perez-majul, AlainSecurity Interest
Jun 8, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Perez-majul, AlenaSecurity Interest
Jun 8, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Perez-majul, MariaSecurity Interest
Jun 8, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Perez-majul, FernandoSecurity Interest
Jun 14, 2017
Reel 42807, frame 240
Giant Gray, Inc.Blessing, Stephen C.; McClain, Terry F.; Walter, Jeffrey; Walter, Sidney; Williams, Jay; Williams, SueSecurity Interest
Jun 14, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Blessing, Stephen C.Security Interest
Jun 14, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.McClain, Terry F.Security Interest
Jun 14, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Walter, JeffreySecurity Interest
Jun 14, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Walter, SidneySecurity Interest
Jun 14, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Williams, JaySecurity Interest
Jun 14, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Giant Gray, Inc.Williams, SueSecurity Interest
Mar 24, 2020
Reel 52216, frame 585
Omni AI, Inc.Intellective AI, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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