Granted Patent
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US 12,717,333 · App. 19/029,142 · Granted Aug 25, 2026
System and method for landing and storing vertical take-off and landing aircraft
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Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Nov 26, 2025
From: JOBY ELEVATE, INC.
To: JOBY AERO, INC.
Reel/Frame 073040/0852 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Nov 18, 2025
From: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: UBER ELEVATE, INC.
Reel/Frame 072937/0724 →
CHANGE OF NAME
Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: UBER ELEVATE, INC.
To: JOBY ELEVATE, INC
Reel/Frame 073574/0814 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Oct 15, 2025
From: BADALAMENTI, JOHN CONWAY; PETERSON, JON DAVID; VILLA, IAN ANDREAS
To: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application
62668206
· May 7, 2018
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