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Systems and Methods for Time-Based Parallel Robotic Operation

US 9,555,545 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Bot & Dolly, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 29, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jul 16, 2014 as application 14/333,311 · Granted Jan 31, 2017
Base term plus 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2014
Term ends
Jul 29, 2034
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
base term fee events 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
13
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 13 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 16, 2014, when this application, 14/333,311, was filedJul 16, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+13 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 29, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 29, 2034High confidence

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US 9,555,545this patent
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Application PCT/US2015/028526PCT application
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US 9,915,937In force
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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
Jul 16, 2014
Reel 33327, frame 863
Linnell, Jeffrey; Byrne, KendraBot & Dolly, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 15, 2017
Reel 44132, frame 1
Bot & Dolly, LLCGoogle LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 15, 2017
Reel 44132, frame 110
Google LLCX Development LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 5, 2021
Reel 57650, frame 218
X Development LLCIntrinsic Innovation LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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