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Method and Apparatus for Robotic, In-Pipe Water Quality Testing

US 10,309,949 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Redzone Robotics, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 20, 2022 (First Commonwealth Bank).

Term ends Mar 15, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Sep 28, 2016 as application 15/278,924 · Granted Jun 4, 2019
Base term plus 168 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2037
Clock starts
Sep 28, 2016
Term ends
Mar 15, 2037
Granted
Jun 4, 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
168
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
7
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 168 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Sep 28, 2016, when this application, 15/278,924, was filedSep 28, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+168 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 15, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 15, 2037High confidence

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US 10,309,949this patent
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Application PCT/US2017/053703PCT application
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US 10,859,554Lapsed on the fee record
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US 11,674,943In force
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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
Sep 28, 2016
Reel 39879, frame 561
Starr, Justin; Lettman, John; Kueny, Todd; Salotti, Foster J.; Konakchiev, GalinRedzone Robotics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 4, 2018
Reel 45982, frame 558
Redzone Robotics, Inc.Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 17, 2019
Reel 50407, frame 158
Redzone Robotics, Inc.Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 20, 2022
Reel 62160, frame 326
Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLCRedzone Robotics, Inc., a Delaware CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
Reel 62160, frame 976
Redzone Robotics, Inc.; RZR Holdco, Inc.; RZR Buyer Sub, Inc.First Commonwealth BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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