Collateral for a security interest recorded May 20, 2024 (Stifel Bank).
Term ends Jul 13, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 13, 2038
Held by Vecna Robotics, Inc.
Filed Feb 3, 2020 as application 16/779,687 · Granted Jun 28, 2022
Base term plus 201 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2018
Jul 13, 2018
Term ends
Jul 13, 2038
Jul 13, 2038
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Jun 28, 2022
base term
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
201
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,549,915.
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 201 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 13, 2018, when application 16/035,201, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 3, 2020) | Jul 13, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +201 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 30, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,549,915) | capped to Jul 13, 2038 | 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 | Jul 13, 2038 | 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 | this patent Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,312,001 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2022 Reel 59982, frame 252 | 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 |
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What's changing
Jul 2038
Term ends Jul 13, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 201 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,549,915.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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