Term ends Nov 10, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 25, 2034
Held by Boston Dynamics, Inc.
Filed Feb 27, 2017 as application 15/443,899 · Granted May 28, 2019
Base term plus 77 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Aug 25, 2014
Aug 25, 2014
Term ends
Nov 10, 2034
Nov 10, 2034
Granted
May 28, 2019
May 28, 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
77
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,618,937, to Nov 10, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
7
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 77 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Aug 25, 2014, when application 14/468,146, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2017) | Aug 25, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +77 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 10, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,618,937) | resolves to Nov 10, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 10, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,618,937 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 10,300,969 | this patent Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,203,385 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 11,654,984 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 12,139,217 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 12,466,501 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| Application 19/356,851 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 41948, frame 873 | Blankespoor, Kevin; Perkins, Alex; Da Silva, Marco | Google Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2017 Reel 43546, frame 4 | Google Inc. | Boston Dynamics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 5, 2021 Reel 57711, frame 202 | Boston Dynamics, Inc. | Boston Dynamics, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2034
Term ends Nov 10, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 77 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,618,937, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 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.