Term ends Dec 30, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 30, 2034
Held by Boston Dynamics, Inc.
Filed Apr 12, 2023 as application 18/299,650 · Granted Jul 22, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2014
Dec 30, 2014
Term ends
Dec 30, 2034
Dec 30, 2034
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Jul 22, 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.
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.
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 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 Dec 30, 2014, when application 14/585,542, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 12, 2023) | Dec 30, 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 | Dec 30, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,499,218 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 10,246,151 | In force no later than Jun 2035 | no later than Jun 2035 |
| US 11,225,294 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US 11,654,985 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 12,365,407 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| Application 19/246,233 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2025 Reel 71414, frame 570 | Stephens, Benjamin | Google Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 13, 2025 Reel 71414, frame 577 | Google Inc. | Boston Dynamics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 13, 2025 Reel 71588, frame 404 | 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
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 30, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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