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Drone System with Distributed Basing

US 12,607,031 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 31, 2024 (Comerica Bank).

Term ends Jul 26, 2042 · High confidence

Filed Nov 6, 2023 as application 18/502,544 · Granted Apr 21, 2026
Base term plus 239 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2042
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2021
Term ends
Jul 26, 2042
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
base term patent term adjustment 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
239
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.
4
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 239 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 29, 2021, when application 17/536,517, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 6, 2023)Nov 29, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+239 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 26, 2042High 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 orderJul 26, 2042High confidence

This family

Application 17/536,517Abandoned
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Application 17/557,502Abandoned
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US 12,607,031this patent
Jul 2042
Jul 2042
Application 19/572,492Pending
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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 17, 2024
Reel 68605, frame 644
Waters, Gregory Lester; Nobbe, Dan William; Mirza, Adam George; Kling, Matthew T.; Shapiro, Gary Michael; Kelsey, Alden HaydenMatrixspace CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 14, 2024
Reel 68887, frame 253
Matrixspace CorporationMatrixspace, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 31, 2024
Reel 69095, frame 106
Matrixspace, Inc.Comerica BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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