Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 5, 2024 (Acquiom Agency Services LLC).
Term ends Aug 15, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 25, 2039
Held by Skydio, Inc.
Filed May 21, 2021 as application 17/326,835 · Granted Dec 3, 2024
Base term plus 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Apr 25, 2019
Apr 25, 2019
Term ends
Aug 15, 2039
Aug 15, 2039
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Dec 3, 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
112
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.
13
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 112 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 25, 2019, when application 16/395,110, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 21, 2021) | Apr 25, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +112 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 15, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 15, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,453,513 | In force Apr 2041 | Apr 2041 |
| US 12,157,553 | this patent Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 11,970,287 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 12,145,714 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 12,565,311 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 12,012,224 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 12,365,452 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 12,077,316 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
8 of 13 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2021 Reel 56314, frame 89 | Thompson, Benjamin Scott; Bry, Adam Parker; Robbins-rothman, Asher Mendel; Bachrach, Abraham Galton; Kozlenko, Yevgeniy; O'leary, Kevin Patrick Smith; Lowe, Patrick Allen; Adams, Daniel Thomas; Sadowski, Justin Michael; West, Zachary Albert; Vandermey, Josiah Timothy | Skydio, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2021 Reel 58053, frame 768 | Skydio, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Nov 9, 2021 Reel 58081, frame 677 | Skydio, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Collateral and Administrative Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 5, 2024 Reel 69516, frame 452 | Skydio, Inc. | Acquiom Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 21, 2025 Reel 72107, frame 66 | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Skydio, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 21, 2025 Reel 72128, frame 698 | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Skydio, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2039
Term ends Aug 15, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.