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Autonomous Welding Robots

US 12,715,139 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 29, 2026 (Trinity Capital Inc.).

Term ends Sep 27, 2042 · High confidence

Filed Jul 31, 2024 as application 18/790,732 · Granted Aug 25, 2026
Base term plus 215 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2022 2042
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2022
Term ends
Sep 27, 2042
Granted
Aug 25, 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
215
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.
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 runs 215 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 Feb 24, 2022, when application 17/680,027, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 31, 2024)Feb 24, 2042High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+215 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 27, 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 orderSep 27, 2042High confidence

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US 11,548,162In force
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US 11,801,606In force
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US 12,070,867In force
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US 12,715,139this patent
Sep 2042
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Application 90/015,335Pending
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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
Aug 1, 2024
Reel 68147, frame 679
Lonsberry, Alexander James; Lonsberry, Andrew Gordon; Ajam Gard, Nima; Bunker, Colin; Benitez Quiroz, Carlos Fabian; Vasu, Madhavun CandadaiPath Robotics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2024
Reel 68789, frame 5
Path Robotics, Inc.Triplepoint Private Venture Credit Inc.Security Interest
Apr 29, 2026
Reel 74519, frame 513
Path Robotics, Inc.Trinity Capital Inc.Security Interest
May 19, 2026
Reel 74700, frame 957
Triplepoint Private Venture Credit Inc.Path Robotics, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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