Collateral for a security interest recorded May 20, 2024 (Stifel Bank).
Term ends Mar 23, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 13, 2038
Held by Vecna Robotics, Inc.
Filed Feb 9, 2020 as application 16/785,605 · Granted Apr 26, 2022
Base term plus 253 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2018
Jul 13, 2018
Term ends
Mar 23, 2039
Mar 23, 2039
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Apr 26, 2022
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
253
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.
4
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 253 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 Jul 13, 2018, when applications 16/035,201 and 16/035,236, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2020) | Jul 13, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +253 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 23, 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 | Mar 23, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,556,334 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 10,549,915 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,372,398 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,312,001 | this patent Mar 2039 | Mar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2022 Reel 59409, frame 976 | Theobald, Daniel | Vecna Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2022 Reel 62156, frame 617 | Vecna Robotics, Inc. | Triplepoint Capital LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 4, 2024 Reel 67020, frame 397 | Vecna Technologies, Inc. | Vecna Robotics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2024 Reel 67472, frame 120 | Vecna Robotics, Inc.; Vecna Robotics Interco LLC | Stifel Bank | Security Interest |
| May 7, 2025 Reel 71220, frame 483 | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Vecna Robotics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2039
Term ends Mar 23, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 253 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 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.