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Two-wheel In-Line Robots

US 12,429,871 In force
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Term ends Jan 25, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Jun 13, 2022 as application 17/838,549 · Granted Sep 30, 2025
Base term plus 555 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2038
Clock starts
Jul 19, 2016
Term ends
Jan 25, 2038
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
base term patent term adjustment 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
555
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
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This patent's term runs 555 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 19, 2016, when application 15/214,258, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 13, 2022)Jul 19, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+555 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 25, 2038High 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 orderJan 25, 2038High 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
Jun 13, 2022
Reel 60180, frame 884
Tacklind, Cameron; Tacklind, Christopher AndrewTwill Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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