Term ends Apr 25, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 2, 2038
Held by Dronedeploy, Inc.
Filed Feb 2, 2018 as application 15/887,832 · Granted Apr 14, 2020
Base term plus 82 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2018
Feb 2, 2018
Term ends
Apr 25, 2038
Apr 25, 2038
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Apr 14, 2020
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
82
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.
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 82 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 2, 2018, when this application, 15/887,832, was filed | Feb 2, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +82 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 25, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Apr 25, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,621,780 | this patent Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
| US 11,107,275 | In force Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
| US 11,897,606 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 12,387,429 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 12,266,054 | In force Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
| US 12,694,617 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| Application 18/402,301 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2018 Reel 45966, frame 427 | Millin, Jonathan James; Pilkington, Nicholas; Lane, Devin; Sullivan, Christopher; Winn, Michael | Infatics, Inc. (Dba Dronedeploy) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 23, 2021 Reel 56027, frame 371 | Infatics, Inc. | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 17, 2021 Reel 56267, frame 361 | Infatics, Inc. | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 056027 Frame: 0371. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Sep 19, 2023 Reel 64958, frame 425 | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2025 Reel 72147, frame 547 | Dronedeploy, Inc.; Structionsite, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2026 Reel 76004, frame 277 | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Dronedeploy, Inc.; Structionsite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Structionsite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2038
Term ends Apr 25, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 82 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2020 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.