Term ends May 20, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 20, 2035
Held by Dronedeploy, Inc.
Filed May 20, 2015 as application 14/717,955 · Granted Jun 27, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015
Term ends
May 20, 2035
May 20, 2035
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Jun 27, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
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. 2 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 20, 2015, when this application, 14/717,955, was filed | May 20, 2035 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 20, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,688,403 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,196,142 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 11,059,581 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,745,876 | In force no later than Sep 2035 | no later than Sep 2035 |
| Application 18/359,717 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2015 Reel 36156, frame 766 | Winn, Michael; Millin, Jonathan; Pilkington, Nicholas; Eastwood, Jeremy | Infatics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 23, 2021 Reel 56027, frame 157 | Infatics, Inc. | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 17, 2021 Reel 56267, frame 337 | Infatics, Inc. | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 056027 Frame: 0157. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Sep 19, 2023 Reel 64958, frame 425 | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2026 Reel 76004, frame 277 | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Dronedeploy, Inc.; Structionsite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Structionsite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 20, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
133
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.