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Rotorcraft Autopilot and Methods

US 9,272,780 In force
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Term ends Mar 8, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Feb 8, 2013 as application 13/763,574 · Granted Mar 1, 2016
Base term plus 393 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Feb 8, 2013
Term ends
Mar 8, 2034
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
base term patent term adjustment fee events 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
393
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
13
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 393 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 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 Feb 8, 2013, when this application, 13/763,574, was filedFeb 8, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+393 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 8, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 8, 2034High confidence

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8 of 13 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 8, 2013
Reel 29785, frame 788
Mercer, John E.; Albion, Nicolas; Bartel, Mark; Feifel, Marc; Marvin, MarkMerlin Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 8, 2019
Reel 48272, frame 107
Albion, NicholasMerlin Technology Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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