Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 28, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Sep 4, 2039 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Vertex Aerospace LLC

Filed Sep 4, 2019 as application 16/560,115 · Granted May 25, 2021

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Sep 4, 2039

2019 2039

Clock starts
Sep 4, 2019

Term ends
Sep 4, 2039

Granted
May 25, 2021

base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

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Maintenance fees paid

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Sep 4, 2019, when this application, 16/560,115, was filed	Sep 4, 2039	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	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	Sep 4, 2039	High confidence

This family

US 11,015,910	this patent Sep 2039	Sep 2039
US 11,733,014	In force Sep 2039	Sep 2039
US 12,292,268	In force Oct 2039	Oct 2039

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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.

Recorded	Assignor	Assignee	Conveyance
Jan 27, 2021 Reel 55050, frame 439	Bailey, Robert Alan; Erdmann, James T.; Streib, Stephen A.; Guerrero, Armando; McMahon, Roy P.; Deherdt, Jessica R.	Raytheon Company	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 7, 2021 Reel 58342, frame 27	Vertex Aerospace LLC	Royal Bank of Canada	Second Lien Security Agreement
Dec 7, 2021 Reel 58342, frame 46	Vertex Aerospace LLC	Royal Bank of Canada	First Lien Security Agreement
Dec 10, 2021 Reel 58957, frame 428	Vertex Aerospace, LLC	Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent	Security Agreement
Mar 18, 2022 Reel 59436, frame 396	Raytheon Company	Vertex Aerospace LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 28, 2023 Reel 62886, frame 877	Vertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLC; Delex Systems, Incorporated; Higgins, Hermansen, Banikas, LLC	Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent	Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 1, 2023 Reel 62903, frame 736	Royal Bank of Canada	Vertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLC	Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements
Mar 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded	Royal Bank of Canada	Vertex Aerospace LLC	Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements
Mar 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded	Royal Bank of Canada	Vectrus Systems Corporation	Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements
Mar 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded	Royal Bank of Canada	Advantor Systems, LLC	Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements
Mar 2, 2023 Reel 62927, frame 61	Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent	Vertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023 Reel 62927, frame 79	Royal Bank of Canada	Vertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded	Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent	Vertex Aerospace LLC	Release of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded	Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent	Vectrus Systems Corporation	Release of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded	Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent	Advantor Systems, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded	Royal Bank of Canada	Vertex Aerospace LLC	Release of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded	Royal Bank of Canada	Vectrus Systems Corporation	Release of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded	Royal Bank of Canada	Advantor Systems, LLC	Release of Security Interest

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