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Boston Dynamics, Inc.

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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340 patents currently held

2 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
1 more record may belong here and awaits a decision; it is not counted.

The next term ends in Nov 2027. from the record

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Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents fee due within 90 days all others 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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Handling Gait Disturbances with Asynchronous Timing US 11,654,569
Cited by 16 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2034.
Ends Dec 2034 · Medium confidence Also notable
Slip Detection for Robotic Locomotion US 11,654,984
Cited by 17 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2035.
Ends Jul 2035 · High confidence Also notable
Mechanically-Timed Footsteps for a Robotic Device US 11,654,985
Cited by 11 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2035.
Ends May 2035 · High confidence

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What they patent

The 5 largest of its 173 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Robotically Negotiating Stairs7 in forceto Mar 2041
Handling Gait Disturbances with Asynchronous Timing7 in forceto Dec 2034
Integrated Mobile Manipulator Robot with Accessory Interfaces6 in forceto Sep 2043
Achieving a Target Gait Behavior in a Legged Robot6 in forceto Jul 2038
Determination of Robotic Step Path6 in forceto Oct 2035

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
PatentTitleStatusExpiresConfidence
US 7,734,375Robot and Robot Leg Mechanism
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,126,592Actuator System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,352,481Electrorheological Valve
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,973,613Electrorheological valve
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,849,451Hopping Robot
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,333,107Brace System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,441,753Printed Circuit Board Electrorheological Fluid Valve
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,259,838Systems and Methods for Ground Plane Estimation
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,308,648Systems and Methods for Robotic Self-Right
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,662,791Systems and Methods for Robotic Self-Right
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 340: 2 patents in force now held by others · 19 patents ended · 109 applications pending · 10 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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