Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 4, 2024 (Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent).
Term ends no later than Jan 7, 2042 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 7, 2042
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Tomahawk Robotics
Filed Aug 22, 2023 as application 18/454,055 · Granted Aug 20, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2022
2042
Clock starts
Jan 7, 2022
Jan 7, 2022
Ends no later than
Jan 7, 2042
Jan 7, 2042
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Aug 20, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 7, 2022, when application 17/571,081, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 22, 2023) | Jan 7, 2042 | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Jan 7, 2042 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,776,247 | In force Apr 2042 | Apr 2042 |
| US 12,067,768 | this patent no later than Jan 2042 | no later than Jan 2042 |
| US 12,266,164 | In force Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
| US 12,738,050 | In force Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
| Application 19/736,898 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2023 Reel 64670, frame 867 | Bowman, William S.; Wagoner, Sean; Falendysz, Andrew D.; Summer, Matthew D.; Makovy, Kevin; Cooper, Jeffrey S.; Truesdell, Brad | Tomahawk Robotics | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2023 Reel 65567, frame 110 | Bowman, William S.; Wagoner, Sean; Falendysz, Andrew D.; Summer, Matthew D.; Makovy, Kevin; Cooper, Jeffrey S.; Truesdell, Brad | Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 064670 Frame 0867. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignors Interest. |
| Oct 4, 2024 Reel 68806, frame 37 | Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jan 2042
Term ends no later than Jan 7, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jan 7, 2042. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.