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Superpressure Balloon With Ballonet Cut From Contiguous Gores

US 9,463,863 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

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

Term ends Jul 26, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Dec 30, 2013 as application 14/144,493 · Granted Oct 11, 2016
Base term plus 208 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2013
Term ends
Jul 26, 2034
Granted
Oct 11, 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
208
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.

This patent's term runs 208 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 Dec 30, 2013, when this application, 14/144,493, was filedDec 30, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+208 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 26, 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 orderJul 26, 2034High confidence

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 25, 2014
Reel 32295, frame 518
Roach, Kevin; Devaul, Richard WayneGoogle Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 17, 2015
Reel 36120, frame 275
Lebeau, MichaelOnavoice, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 17, 2015
Reel 36120, frame 245
Demmitt, Michael; Manna, Amit; Smith, Michael; Arellano, Luis; Pedregal, Chris; Salomaki, BrianOnavoice, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 1, 2016
Reel 39900, frame 610
Google Inc.X Development LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 6, 2017
Reel 44144, frame 1
Google Inc.Google LLCChange of Name
Nov 27, 2018
Reel 48175, frame 720
X Development LLCLoon LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2020
Reel 52345, frame 94
X Development LLCLoon LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 18, 2021
Reel 56282, frame 458
Loon LLCAerostar International, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 6, 2022
Reel 61521, frame 291
Loon LLCAerostar International, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the State of the Assignee from Minnesota to South Dakota as Previously Recorded at Reel: 056282 Frame: 0458. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Oct 20, 2022
Reel 61733, frame 285
Aerostar International, Inc.Aerostar International, LLCMerger
Mar 4, 2024
Reel 68092, frame 502
Google Inc.Google LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the the Removal of the Incorrectly Recorded Application Numbers 14/149802 and 15/419313 Previously Recorded at Reel: 44144 Frame: 1. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.

Sources

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

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