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Tunable Actuator Joint Modules Having Energy Recovering Quasi-Passive Elastic Actuators with Internal Valve Arrangements

US 10,828,767 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Nov 10, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Sarcos Corp.
Filed Nov 12, 2017 as application 15/810,119 · Granted Nov 10, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 10, 2024
2017 2038
Clock starts
Nov 12, 2017
No longer in force
Nov 10, 2024
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Term would have run to
Oct 31, 2038
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
353
Days of term adjustment
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None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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
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Its term would have run to Oct 31, 2038: its 20-year base term plus 353 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 12, 2017, when this application, 15/810,119, was filedNov 12, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+353 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 31, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Nov 10, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 10, 2024High confidence

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US 10,828,767this patent
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US 11,981,027In force
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US 11,759,944In force
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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
Nov 13, 2017
Reel 44111, frame 854
Smith, Fraser M.; Olivier, Marc X.; Maclean, Brian J.; Myers, MichaelSarcos Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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