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Methods and Systems for Flight Control Configured for Use in an Electric Aircraft

US 12,379,730 In force
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Term ends Mar 31, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Sep 17, 2021 as application 17/478,143 · Granted Aug 5, 2025
Base term plus 386 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2041
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2021
Term ends
Mar 31, 2041
Granted
Aug 5, 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
386
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,822,328.
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.
32
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 386 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 31, 2021, when application 17/218,428, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 17, 2021)Mar 31, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+386 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 21, 2042High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,822,328)capped to Mar 31, 2041High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 31, 2041High confidence

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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
Mar 26, 2024
Reel 66898, frame 294
Moy, Nicholas; Auerbach, Joshua E.Beta Air, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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