Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 5, 2024 (Acquiom Agency Services LLC).
Term ends Apr 16, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 16, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Skydio, Inc.
Filed Jun 7, 2024 as application 18/737,462 · Granted Jun 23, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2015
Apr 16, 2015
Term ends
Apr 16, 2035
Apr 16, 2035
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Jun 23, 2026
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
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. 0 of 2 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 Apr 16, 2015, when application 14/688,998, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 7, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 16, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 16, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,678,506 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2016/027921 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,891,621 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 10,816,967 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 11,573,562 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US 12,007,763 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 12,663,790 | this patent Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| Application 19/448,478 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2024 Reel 67658, frame 753 | Bachrach, Abraham; Bry, Adam; Donahoe, Matthew | Skydio, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 5, 2024 Reel 69516, frame 452 | Skydio, Inc. | Acquiom Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
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Apr 2035
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