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Methods and Apparatus for Autonomous Robotic Control

US 10,503,976 In force
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Term ends Sep 10, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Mar 20, 2017 as application 15/463,299 · Granted Dec 10, 2019
Base term plus 175 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Mar 19, 2015
Term ends
Sep 10, 2035
Granted
Dec 10, 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
175
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
3
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 175 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 19, 2015, when application 14/662,657, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 20, 2017)Mar 19, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+175 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 10, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 10, 2035High confidence

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US 9,626,566In force
Mar 2035
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US 10,503,976this patent
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Application 16/662,486Abandoned
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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
Mar 28, 2017
Reel 41765, frame 497
Versace, Massimiliano; Gorshechnikov, AnatolyNeurala, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 28, 2017
Reel 42107, frame 328
Livitz, Gennady; Palma, JesseTrustees of Boston UniversityAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 26, 2026
Reel 74758, frame 527
Neurala Inc.Neural Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 28, 2026
Reel 75641, frame 922
Neural Holdings LLCNeural Navigation LLCChange of Name

Sources

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