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Software Interface for Authoring Robotic Manufacturing Process

US 9,701,018 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 Aug 21, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Apr 1, 2014 as application 14/242,828 · Granted Jul 11, 2017
Base term plus 507 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2035
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2014
Term ends
Aug 21, 2035
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
base term patent term adjustment 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
507
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.
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 507 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

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 Apr 1, 2014, when this application, 14/242,828, was filedApr 1, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+507 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 21, 2035High 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 orderAug 21, 2035High confidence

This family

US 9,701,018this patent
Aug 2035
Aug 2035
Application PCT/US2015/023358PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,486,308In force
Nov 2034
Nov 2034
US 11,103,997In force
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
Application 17/379,920Abandoned
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 28, 2014
Reel 33402, frame 483
Linnell, Jeffrey; Byrne, Kendra; Bitterman, MatthewBot & 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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