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Automated Selective Harvesting of Crops with Continuous Offload

US 9,554,513 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2026 (Farm Credit of Central Florida, Aca).

Term ends Dec 19, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Feb 16, 2016 as application 15/045,086 · Granted Jan 31, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2014
Term ends
Dec 19, 2034
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
22
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 19, 2014, when application 14/576,598, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 16, 2016)Dec 19, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderDec 19, 2034High confidence

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Application PCT/US2014/071411PCT application
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Application 62/116,890Provisional application
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US 9,554,513this patent
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8 of 22 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
Apr 22, 2016
Reel 38350, frame 988
Pitzer, RobertHarvest Croo, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 20, 2016
Reel 38960, frame 785
Pitzer, RobertHarvest Croo, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 31, 2026
Reel 75485, frame 928
Harvest Croo, LLCFarm Credit of Central Florida, AcaSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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