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Swift Engineering, Inc.

13 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
1 more in force is now held by another company
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 1 fee due Dec 11, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Human sensing using electric fields, and associated systems and methods (US 10,317,448) comes due Dec 11, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 11, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due May 14, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Systems and methods for aerodynamic deployment of wing structures (US 11,814,165) comes due May 14, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 15, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 25, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Composite Vehicle Skin Co-Cured with Solar-Cell Array (US 10,573,772) comes due Aug 25, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 25, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 term has ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 9,731,820Vertical take-off and landing aircraft
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,845,020Transportable Ground Station for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 9,567,088Vertical take-off and landing aircraft
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,545,852Transportable Ground Station for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,789,729Wheels Having Multiple-Piece Composite Structures
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,821,909Rotating wing assemblies for tailsitter aircraft
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,293,933Rotating Wing Assemblies for Tailsitter Aircraft
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 10,041,923Spectrophotometric system for measuring water quality
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,317,448Human sensing using electric fields, and associated systems and methods
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,573,772Composite Vehicle Skin Co-Cured with Solar-Cell Array
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 13: 1 patent in force now held by others · 6 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 2 ended at full term. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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