Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 28, 2024 (SMR 2023 Revocable Trust U/A/D 6/15/2023).
Term ends Aug 4, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 30, 2039
Held by Performance Drone Works LLC
Filed Jan 30, 2019 as application 16/262,122 · Granted Jul 6, 2021
Base term plus 186 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 30, 2019
Jan 30, 2019
Term ends
Aug 4, 2039
Aug 4, 2039
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Jul 6, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
186
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.
2
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 186 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 Jan 30, 2019, when this application, 16/262,122, was filed | Jan 30, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +186 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 4, 2039 | 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 | Aug 4, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,056,009 | this patent Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2019/015955 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2019 Reel 48191, frame 346 | Tholen, Lucas; Mitchell, David; Dickinson, Larry; Anderson, Lucas; Smith, Trevor; Gury, Ryan | Drone Racing League, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2020 Reel 54008, frame 100 | Drone Racing League, Inc. | Performance Drone Works LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 27, 2021 Reel 57316, frame 253 | PDW Holdings, Inc.; Performance Drone Works LLC | Rse Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 28, 2024 Reel 66269, frame 794 | PDW Holdings, Inc.; Performance Drone Works LLC | SMR 2023 Revocable Trust U/A/D 6/15/2023 | Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2025 Reel 72496, frame 680 | Rse Ventures, LLC, as Collateral Agent | PDW Holdings, Inc.; Performance Drone Works, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Rse Ventures, LLC, as Collateral Agent | PDW Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Rse Ventures, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Performance Drone Works, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 9, 2025 Reel 72524, frame 793 | PDW Holdings, Inc.; Performance Drone Works, LLC | Crescent Cove Opportunity Lending, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2039
Term ends Aug 4, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 186 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
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
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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.