Term ends Mar 31, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 31, 2041
Held by Beta Air, LLC
Filed Mar 31, 2021 as application 17/218,428 · Granted Dec 13, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2021
Mar 31, 2021
Term ends
Mar 31, 2041
Mar 31, 2041
Granted
Dec 13, 2022
Dec 13, 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.
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.
32
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 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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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 31, 2021, when this application, 17/218,428, was filed | Mar 31, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 31, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,122,729 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 10,812,492 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,616,785 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,142,333 | In force Mar 2041 | Mar 2041 |
| US 11,524,767 | this patent Mar 2041 | Mar 2041 |
| US 11,952,105 | In force Mar 2041 | Mar 2041 |
| US 11,377,201 | In force Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| US 12,379,730 | In force Mar 2041 | Mar 2041 |
8 of 32 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2021 Reel 56720, frame 574 | Moy, Nicholas; Auerbach, Joshua E. | Beta Air, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2041
Term ends Mar 31, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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