Term ends Mar 15, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 17, 2035
Held by Palladyne Corp.
Filed Apr 17, 2015 as application 14/690,359 · Granted Dec 19, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 17, 2015
Apr 17, 2015
Term ends
Mar 15, 2034
Mar 15, 2034
Granted
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,245,916.
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.
14
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 17, 2015, when this application, 14/690,359, was filed | Apr 17, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,245,916) | capped to Mar 15, 2034 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/684,264 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/684,258 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/684,247 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,724,443 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 9,848,122 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,913,583 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| Application 14/789,732 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/796,783 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 14 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2015 Reel 36821, frame 111 | Smith, Fraser M. | Rememdia, Lc | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2024 Reel 68272, frame 120 | Rememdia LC | Sarcos Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2026 Reel 75899, frame 964 | Sarcos Corp. | Palladyne Corp. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 15, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,245,916.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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