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US 10,793,047 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded May 20, 2024 (Stifel Bank).

Term ends Nov 15, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Sep 29, 2014 as application 14/500,255 · Granted Oct 6, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2012
Term ends
Nov 15, 2032
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Nov 15, 2012, when application 13/678,193, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2014)Nov 15, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderNov 15, 2032High confidence

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US 10,216,865In force
Apr 2033
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US 9,089,969In force
Nov 2032
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US 10,108,185In force
Nov 2032
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US 10,793,047this patent
Nov 2032
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Application 17/063,208Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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 5, 2018
Reel 47015, frame 45
Theobald, DanielVecna Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 19, 2022
Reel 62156, frame 617
Vecna Robotics, Inc.Triplepoint Capital LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Apr 4, 2024
Reel 67020, frame 397
Vecna Technologies, Inc.Vecna Robotics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 20, 2024
Reel 67472, frame 120
Vecna Robotics, Inc.; Vecna Robotics Interco LLCStifel BankSecurity Interest
May 7, 2025
Reel 71220, frame 483
Triplepoint Capital LLCVecna Robotics, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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