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Autonomous Truck Loader and Unloader

US 10,661,444 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 29, 2026 (Ally Bank).

Term ends Jul 2, 2034 · High confidence

Filed May 10, 2018 as application 15/976,570 · Granted May 26, 2020
Base term plus 47 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
May 16, 2014
Term ends
Jul 2, 2034
Granted
May 26, 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
47
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 9,623,569, to Jul 2, 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.
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 47 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 16, 2014, when application 14/279,694, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 10, 2018)May 16, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+47 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 2, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,623,569)resolves to Jul 2, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 2, 2034High confidence

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US 9,969,573In force
Feb 2035
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US 9,623,569In force
Aug 2034
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US 10,029,374In force
May 2034
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US 10,829,319In force
May 2034
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US 10,661,444this patent
Jul 2034
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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
Jan 3, 2019
Reel 48002, frame 20
McCollum, Joshua; Simone, Thomas S.; Girtman, MichaelIntelligrated Headquarters, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 24, 2026
Reel 74948, frame 821
Hand Held Products Inc.Intelligrated Headquarters, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 29, 2026
Reel 76077, frame 385
Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC; Transnorm System Inc.; Hilmot, LLC; Trew, LLC; United Sortation Solutions LLC; Tech King Operations, LLCAlly Bank, As Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement

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