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Tilting Landing Gear Systems and Methods

US 11,186,359 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Mar 2, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Nov 6, 2018 as application 16/181,687 · Granted Nov 30, 2021
Base term plus 409 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2037
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2016
Term ends
Mar 2, 2037
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
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
409
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,150,558, US 11,186,359.
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.
17
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 409 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Jun 30, 2016, when application 15/198,611, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 6, 2018)Jun 30, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+409 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 13, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,150,558, US 11,186,359)capped to Mar 2, 2037High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 2, 2037High confidence

This family

US 10,150,558In force
Mar 2037
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US 11,186,359this patent
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US 11,697,500In force
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US 11,433,991In force
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US 11,801,932In force
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US 11,453,483In force
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US 11,939,043In force
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US 12,304,620In force
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8 of 17 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Nov 6, 2018
Reel 47422, frame 100
Page, Mark A.Dzyne Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 4, 2019
Reel 48227, frame 254
Page, Mark A.Dzyne Technologies IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 6, 2021
Reel 55830, frame 519
Dzyne TechnologiesBlended Wing Aircraft, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 18, 2023
Reel 66062, frame 577
Blended Wing Aircraft, Inc.Jetzero, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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