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Collateral for a security interest recorded May 20, 2024 (Stifel Bank).

Term ends Apr 12, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Nov 15, 2012 as application 13/678,193 · Granted Feb 26, 2019
Base term plus 148 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2012
Term ends
Apr 12, 2033
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
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
148
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 148 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 Nov 15, 2012, when this application, 13/678,193, was filedNov 15, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+148 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 12, 2033High 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 orderApr 12, 2033High confidence

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US 10,216,865this patent
Apr 2033
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US 9,089,969In force
Nov 2032
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Nov 2032
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US 10,793,047In force
Nov 2032
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Application 17/063,208Abandoned
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
Sep 5, 2018
Reel 47015, frame 45
Theobald, DanielVecna Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 7, 2020
Reel 53427, frame 953
Vecna Robotics, Inc.Comerica BankSecurity Interest
Dec 19, 2022
Reel 62156, frame 617
Vecna Robotics, Inc.Triplepoint Capital LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Dec 21, 2022
Reel 62202, frame 36
Comerica BankVecna Robotics, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 4, 2024
Reel 67020, frame 397
Vecna Technologies, Inc.Vecna Robotics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 20, 2024
Reel 67472, frame 120
Vecna Robotics, Inc.; Vecna Robotics Interco LLCStifel BankSecurity Interest
May 7, 2025
Reel 71220, frame 483
Triplepoint Capital LLCVecna Robotics, 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.

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