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Tunable Actuator Joint Modules Having Energy Recovering Quasi-Passive Elastic Actuators with Internal Valve Arrangements

US 11,981,027 In force
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Term ends Aug 6, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Nov 9, 2020 as application 17/093,487 · Granted May 14, 2024
Base term plus 632 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2039
Clock starts
Nov 12, 2017
Term ends
Aug 6, 2039
Granted
May 14, 2024
base term patent term adjustment 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
632
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 632 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 12, 2017, when application 15/810,119, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 9, 2020)Nov 12, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+632 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 6, 2039High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 6, 2039High confidence

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US 11,981,027this patent
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US 11,759,944In force
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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 9, 2020
Reel 54318, frame 429
Smith, Fraser M.; Olivier, Marc X.; Maclean, Brian J.; Myers, MichaelSarcos Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 1, 2026
Reel 75899, frame 964
Sarcos Corp.Palladyne Corp.Change of Name

Sources

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