Eight patents currently held, every record listed here
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
The next term ends in Dec 2030. from the record
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
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Ending by 2030
Dec 2030
Next term end
4
Patent families
When these terms end
Each bar runs from grant to computed term end. 2013 to 2034.201720212025202920332034
1 pending application: term is not computable until grant.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
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Jan 2034 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Mar 2031 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Apr 2031 · High confidence
Aerial Movement System Having Multiple Payloads
US 9,477,141
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 20 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data. Protection runs to 2034.
Apparatus and Method for Calibrating an Aerial Movement System
US 11,435,649
Cited by 5 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data. Protection runs to 2031.
Aerial Movement System with Reactive Line
US 9,063,390
Cited by 19 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2031.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 1 fee due Dec 23, 2026The maintenance fee for Aerial Movement System with Reactive Line (US 9,063,390) comes due Dec 23, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 23, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due May 5, 2027The maintenance fee for Control System And Method For An Aerially Moved Payload System (US 10,469,790) comes due May 5, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 5, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Nov 10, 2027The maintenance fee for Control System For An Aerially Moved Payload (US 9,337,949) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.
What they patent
The 2 largest of its 4 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Control System And Method For An Aerially Moved Payload System | 4 in force | to Mar 2034 |
| Apparatus and Method for Calibrating an Aerial Movement System | 2 in force | to Mar 2031 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
Showing 1 to 8 of 8
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 12,153,326 | Apparatus and Method for Calibrating an Aerial Movement System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,435,649 | Apparatus and Method for Calibrating an Aerial Movement System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,063,390 | Aerial Movement System with Reactive Line In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,402,898 | Safety System and Method for Objects Moved by a Driving Cabling System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,103,813 | Control System for an Aerially Moved Payload In force · Low confidence | In force | Low confidence | |
| US 10,469,790 | Control System And Method For An Aerially Moved Payload System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,477,141 | Aerial Movement System Having Multiple Payloads In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,337,949 | Control System For An Aerially Moved Payload In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 8: 8 patents ended · 1 application pending · 5 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.