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System and Method for Automated Grounds Maintenance

US 11,510,361 In force
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Also listed on Renu, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Apr 2, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Jan 21, 2020 as application 16/748,465 · Granted Nov 29, 2022
Base term plus 72 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Jan 21, 2020
Term ends
Apr 2, 2040
Granted
Nov 29, 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
72
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.
15
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 72 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 21, 2020, when this application, 16/748,465, was filedJan 21, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+72 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 2, 2040High 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 orderApr 2, 2040High 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
May 14, 2021
Reel 56243, frame 496
Matus, Tim Alan; Eyman, Michael D.; Padgett, Tony; Dayov, Jeff; Blanton, Michael Odell, JR.Renu Robotics CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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