Term ends Jun 3, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 2, 2038
Held by Dronedeploy, Inc.
Filed Jul 8, 2022 as application 17/860,679 · Granted Jul 28, 2026
Base term plus 121 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2018
Feb 2, 2018
Term ends
Jun 3, 2038
Jun 3, 2038
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Jul 28, 2026
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
121
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 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.
7
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 121 days past its 20-year base term on 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 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, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +121 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 3, 2038 | 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 | Jun 3, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,621,780 | In force Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
| US 11,107,275 | In force Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
| US 11,897,606 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 12,387,429 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 12,266,054 | In force Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
| US 12,694,617 | this patent Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| Application 18/402,301 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2022 Reel 60545, frame 829 | Millin, Jonathan James; Pilkington, Nicholas; Lane, Devin; Sullivan, Christopher; Winn, Michael | Infatics, Inc. (Dba Dronedeploy) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2022 Reel 60727, frame 45 | Infatics, Inc. | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 19, 2023 Reel 64958, frame 425 | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2025 Reel 72147, frame 547 | Dronedeploy, Inc.; Structionsite, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2026 Reel 76004, frame 277 | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Dronedeploy, Inc.; Structionsite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Dronedeploy, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Structionsite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2038
Term ends Jun 3, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 121 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.