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System and Methods for Improved Aerial Mapping with Aerial Vehicles

US 12,266,054 In force
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Term ends Feb 2, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Jul 8, 2022 as application 17/860,761 · Granted Apr 1, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2018
Term ends
Feb 2, 2038
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
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.
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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.
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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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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 2, 2018, when application 15/887,832, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 8, 2022)Feb 2, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 2, 2038High confidence

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US 10,621,780In force
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US 11,897,606In force
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US 12,387,429In force
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US 12,266,054this patent
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US 12,694,617In force
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Application 18/402,301Pending
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 19, 2022
Reel 60546, frame 73
Millin, Jonathan James; Pilkington, Nicholas; Lane, Devin; Sullivan, Christopher; Winn, MichaelInfatics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 19, 2022
Reel 60727, frame 184
Infatics, Inc.Dronedeploy, Inc.Change of Name
Sep 19, 2023
Reel 64958, frame 425
Dronedeploy, Inc.Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 3, 2025
Reel 72147, frame 547
Dronedeploy, Inc.; Structionsite, Inc.Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 14, 2026
Reel 76004, frame 277
Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentDronedeploy, Inc.; Structionsite, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 14, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentDronedeploy, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 14, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentStructionsite, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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