# US 9,754,490 (USPTO)

Software application to request and control an autonomous vehicle service. Early Zoox patent covering the software to request and control an autonomous-vehicle service together with its signature bidirectional, quad-symmetric robotaxi (designed to travel in either direction with no dedicated front or back). Zoox became an Amazon subsidiary in 2020; the assignee remains Zoox, Inc. Granted and active.

## Key facts

- Jurisdiction: uspto
- Status: granted
- Number: US 9,754,490
- Filing date: 2015-11-05
- Priority date: 2015-11-04
- Grant date: 2017-09-05
- Verification posture: verified

## Parties (1)

- **assignee**: [Zoox](/companies/zoox.md) (verified)

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