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System and Method for Flight Control of an Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft

US 11,377,201 In force
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Term ends Jul 23, 2041 · High confidence

Held by Beta Air LLC
Filed Jul 23, 2021 as application 17/383,703 · Granted Jul 5, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2041
Clock starts
Jul 23, 2021
Term ends
Jul 23, 2041
Granted
Jul 5, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 23, 2021, when this application, 17/383,703, was filedJul 23, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 23, 2041High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 20, 2021
Reel 58432, frame 420
Auerbach, Joshua E.Beta Air, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 27, 2025
Reel 70354, frame 837
Auerbach, Joshua E.Beta Air LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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