Collateral for a security interest recorded May 5, 2025 (Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent).
Term ends Jan 7, 2042 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 7, 2042
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 12,067,768), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Tomahawk Robotics, Inc.
Filed Jul 12, 2024 as application 18/772,099 · Granted Apr 1, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2022
2042
Clock starts
Jan 7, 2022
Jan 7, 2022
Term ends
Jan 7, 2042
Jan 7, 2042
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Apr 1, 2025
base term
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,776,247, US 12,067,768, to Jan 7, 2042. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 7, 2022, when application 17/571,081, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2024) | Jan 7, 2042 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,776,247, US 12,067,768) | resolves to Jan 7, 2042, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Jan 7, 2042 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,776,247 | In force Apr 2042 | Apr 2042 |
| US 12,067,768 | In force no later than Jan 2042 | no later than Jan 2042 |
| US 12,266,164 | this patent Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
| US 12,738,050 | In force Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
| Application 19/736,898 | Pending 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2024 Reel 69113, frame 683 | AeroVironment, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2024 Reel 69558, frame 176 | Bowman, William S.; Wagoner, Sean; Falendysz, Andrew D.; Summer, Matthew D.; Makovy, Kevin; Cooper, Jeffrey S.; Truesdell, Brad | Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2025 Reel 71024, frame 559 | Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2042
Term ends Jan 7, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,776,247, US 12,067,768, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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