Term ends Aug 25, 2034 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Boston Dynamics, Inc.

Filed Jan 21, 2022 as application 17/581,361 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Aug 25, 2034

2014 2034

Clock starts
Aug 25, 2014

Term ends
Aug 25, 2034

Granted
Nov 12, 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 2

Maintenance fees paid

Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Aug 25, 2014, when application 14/468,146, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 21, 2022)	Aug 25, 2034	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 2 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Aug 25, 2034	High confidence

This family

US 9,618,937	In force Nov 2034	Nov 2034
US 10,300,969	In force Nov 2034	Nov 2034
US 11,203,385	In force Jul 2035	Jul 2035
US 11,654,984	In force Jul 2035	Jul 2035
US 12,139,217	this patent Aug 2034	Aug 2034
US 12,466,501	In force Aug 2034	Aug 2034
Application 19/356,851	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
Feb 24, 2022 Reel 59089, frame 472	Blankespoor, Kevin; Perkins, Alex; Da Silva, Marco	Boston Dynamics, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 15, 2025 Reel 73110, frame 620	Boston Dynamics, Inc.	Boston Dynamics, Inc.	Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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What's changing

Aug 2034

Term ends Aug 25, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Citations

later US patents cite this one

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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

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