Term ends Mar 11, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 11, 2036
Held by Skydio, Inc.
Filed Mar 17, 2017 as application 15/462,577 · Granted Jan 30, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2016
Mar 11, 2016
Term ends
Mar 11, 2036
Mar 11, 2036
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Jan 30, 2018
base term
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.
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.
11
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
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 Mar 11, 2016, when application 15/068,292, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 17, 2017) | Mar 11, 2036 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | 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 11, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,609,288 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,083,616 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 9,618,940 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 9,613,538 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/067835 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,881,213 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 9,915,946 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,061,470 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2018 Reel 48681, frame 1 | Unmanned Innovation, Inc. | Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53144, frame 591 | Unmmaned Innovation, Inc. | Airware, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53144, frame 633 | Airware, LLC | Skydio, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 15, 2020 Reel 53210, frame 586 | Unmanned Innovation, Inc. | Airware, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Conveying Party Data Was Erroneously Enter as Unmmaned Innovations, Inc. It Should Read Unmanned Innovations, Inc Previously Recorded at Reel: 053144 Frame: 0591. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jul 16, 2020 Reel 53234, frame 634 | Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLC | Airware, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2020 Reel 53739, frame 789 | Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP | Unmanned Innovation, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2021 Reel 58053, frame 768 | Skydio, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Nov 9, 2021 Reel 58081, frame 677 | Skydio, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Collateral and Administrative Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 21, 2025 Reel 72107, frame 66 | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Skydio, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 21, 2025 Reel 72128, frame 698 | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Skydio, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 11, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
64
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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