Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 5, 2024 (Acquiom Agency Services LLC).
Term ends Apr 16, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 16, 2035
Held by Skydio, Inc.
Filed May 10, 2017 as application 15/591,883 · Granted Feb 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2015
Apr 16, 2015
Term ends
Apr 16, 2035
Apr 16, 2035
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Feb 13, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,678,506, to Apr 16, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
9
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 is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 16, 2015, when application 14/688,998, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 10, 2017) | Apr 16, 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 9,678,506) | resolves to Apr 16, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Apr 16, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,678,506 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2016/027921 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,891,621 | this patent Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 10,816,967 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 11,573,562 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US 12,007,763 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 12,663,790 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| Application 19/448,478 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 18, 2017 Reel 43896, frame 83 | Bachrach, Abraham; Bry, Adam; Donahoe, Matthew | Skydio, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's 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 |
| Dec 5, 2024 Reel 69516, frame 452 | Skydio, Inc. | Acquiom Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
| 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2035
Term ends Apr 16, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,678,506, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
85
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.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.