Also listed on FMC Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 29, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2041
Held by FMC Technologies, Inc.
Filed Sep 14, 2021 as application 17/475,181 · Granted Nov 7, 2023
Base term plus 15 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2021
Sep 14, 2021
Term ends
Sep 29, 2041
Sep 29, 2041
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
15
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
7
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 15 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Sep 14, 2021, when this application, 17/475,181, was filed | Sep 14, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +15 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 29, 2041 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 29, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,808,126 | this patent Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| US 12,203,355 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| US 12,546,201 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| US 12,644,369 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| US 12,655,738 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| US 12,687,095 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| Application 19/733,663 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2022 Reel 61928, frame 808 | Cook, James; Keihany, Julian; Massey, Corey; Krupa, Andrew | FMC Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2023 Reel 64193, frame 810 | FMC Technologies, Inc.; Schilling Robotics, LLC | DNB Bank ASA, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 3, 2023 Reel 64193, frame 870 | FMC Technologies, Inc.; Schilling Robotics, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 9, 2024 Reel 68525, frame 717 | Dnb Bank Asa, New York Branch | FMC Technologies, Inc.; Schilling Robotics, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 064193/0810 |
| Aug 9, 2024 Reel 68527, frame 127 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | FMC Technologies, Inc.; Schilling Robotics, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 064193/0870 |
| Aug 9, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Dnb Bank Asa, New York Branch | FMC Technologies, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 064193/0810 |
| Aug 9, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Dnb Bank Asa, New York Branch | Schilling Robotics, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 064193/0810 |
| Aug 9, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | FMC Technologies, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 064193/0870 |
| Aug 9, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Schilling Robotics, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 064193/0870 |
Sources
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Sep 2041
Term ends Sep 29, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 15 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
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