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US 12,719,405 · App. 19/413,988 · Granted Aug 25, 2026

Learning axis-tilt and cross-axis slopes for slope-aware backtracking

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Patent No.
US 12,719,405
App. No.
19/413,988
Filed
Dec 9, 2025
Granted
Aug 25, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1726
USPC
136/246
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2025
From: MOSELEY, JOHN; LEE, KYUMIN; CONRAD, KENDRA LYNN
To: ARRAY TECH, INC.
Reel/Frame 073205/0845 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63729796 · Dec 9, 2024
Related Publication 20260163518A1 · Jun 11, 2026
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