Term ends Oct 21, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 2, 2035
Held by Textron Innovations Inc.
Filed Jul 31, 2018 as application 16/051,334 · Granted Mar 2, 2021
Base term plus 689 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2037
Clock starts
Dec 2, 2015
Dec 2, 2015
Term ends
Oct 21, 2037
Oct 21, 2037
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Mar 2, 2021
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
689
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.
6
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 689 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 Dec 2, 2015, when application 14/957,321, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 31, 2018) | Dec 2, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +689 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 21, 2037 | 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 | Oct 21, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,336,447 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 10,526,068 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 11,235,858 | In force Mar 2038 | Mar 2038 |
| US 10,946,955 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 10,933,985 | this patent Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 10,994,859 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2018 Reel 46519, frame 391 | Schank, Troy Cyril; Maresh, Andrew; Tzeng, Chyau-song | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 5, 2019 Reel 50922, frame 223 | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. | Textron Innovations Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2037
Term ends Oct 21, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 689 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 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.