Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 2, 2025 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Oct 1, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 4, 2039
Held by Vertex Aerospace LLC
Filed Jun 30, 2023 as application 18/345,413 · Granted May 6, 2025
Base term plus 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Sep 4, 2019
Sep 4, 2019
Term ends
Oct 1, 2039
Oct 1, 2039
Granted
May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025
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
27
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.
3
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 27 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
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 Sep 4, 2019, when application 16/560,115, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 30, 2023) | Sep 4, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +27 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 1, 2039 | 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 | Oct 1, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,015,910 | In force Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 11,733,014 | In force Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 12,292,268 | this patent Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2023 Reel 64253, frame 110 | Bailey, Robert Alan; Erdmann, James T.; Streib, Stephen A.; Guerrero, Armando; McMahon, Roy P.; Deherdt, Jessica R. | Raytheon Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64286, frame 366 | Raytheon Company | Vertex Aerospace LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2025 Reel 69811, frame 1 | Vertex Aerospace LLC | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (First Lien) |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2039
Term ends Oct 1, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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
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