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Method for Adaptive Mission Execution on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

US 10,196,142 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jul 20, 2035 · High confidence

Filed May 22, 2017 as application 15/601,867 · Granted Feb 5, 2019
Base term plus 61 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
May 20, 2015
Term ends
Jul 20, 2035
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
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
61
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.
5
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 61 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

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 May 20, 2015, when application 14/717,955, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 22, 2017)May 20, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+61 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 20, 2035High 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 orderJul 20, 2035High confidence

This family

US 9,688,403In force
May 2035
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US 10,196,142this patent
Jul 2035
Jul 2035
US 11,059,581In force
Mar 2036
Mar 2036
US 11,745,876In force
no later than Sep 2035
no later than Sep 2035
Application 18/359,717Pending
not computed
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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
May 22, 2017
Reel 42460, frame 588
Winn, Michael; Millin, Jonathan; Pilkington, Nicholas; Eastwood, JeremyInfatics, Inc. (Dba Dronedeploy)Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 23, 2021
Reel 56027, frame 195
Infatics, Inc.Dronedeploy, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 23, 2021
Reel 56027, frame 371
Infatics, Inc.Dronedeploy, Inc.Change of Name
May 17, 2021
Reel 56267, frame 361
Infatics, Inc.Dronedeploy, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 056027 Frame: 0371. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.
Sep 19, 2023
Reel 64958, frame 425
Dronedeploy, Inc.Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 3, 2025
Reel 72147, frame 547
Dronedeploy, Inc.; Structionsite, Inc.Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 14, 2026
Reel 76004, frame 277
Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentDronedeploy, Inc.; Structionsite, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 14, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentDronedeploy, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 14, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentStructionsite, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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