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Apparatus, System, and Methods for Coupling Tools to Drill Rigs

US 12,723,505 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Longyear TM, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends May 16, 2043 · High confidence

Held by Veracio Ltd.
Filed Aug 15, 2024 as application 18/838,885 · Granted Sep 1, 2026
Base term plus 89 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2023 2043
Clock starts
Feb 16, 2023
Term ends
May 16, 2043
Granted
Sep 1, 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
89
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.
2
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 89 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 16, 2023, when application PCT/US2023/013206, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 15, 2024)Feb 16, 2043High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+89 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 16, 2043High 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 orderMay 16, 2043High confidence

This family

US 12,723,505this patent
May 2043
May 2043
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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
Oct 23, 2024
Reel 68991, frame 705
Case, Michael; Tomaszewski, Adam; Lachance, AnthonyLongyear TM, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 23, 2024
Reel 68992, frame 126
Longyear TM, Inc.Boart Longyear CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 24, 2024
Reel 69009, frame 234
Boart Longyear CompanyVeracio Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 15, 2025
Reel 72256, frame 720
Case, Michael; Tomaszewski, Adam; Lachance, AnthonyLongyear TM, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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