Term ends Aug 17, 2043 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 17, 2043
Held by Torc Robotics, Inc.
Filed Aug 17, 2023 as application 18/235,325 · Granted Jun 25, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2023
2043
Clock starts
Aug 17, 2023
Aug 17, 2023
Term ends
Aug 17, 2043
Aug 17, 2043
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Jun 25, 2024
base term
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.
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.
6
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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Aug 17, 2023, when this application, 18/235,325, was filed | Aug 17, 2043 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 17, 2043 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,017,632 | this patent Aug 2043 | Aug 2043 |
| US 12,459,486 | In force Aug 2043 | Aug 2043 |
| US 12,459,485 | In force Aug 2043 | Aug 2043 |
| US 12,459,484 | In force Aug 2043 | Aug 2043 |
| Application PCT/US2024/042664 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 19/351,529 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2024 Reel 66665, frame 796 | Valverde, Rikki; Tarsitano, Lorenzo | Torc Robotics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2043
Term ends Aug 17, 2043. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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