Patent snapshot
US 12,722,775 is a utility patent titled “AIRCRAFT SIDESTICK”, invented by Evgeny A. Nesmeev.
The application was filed on April 19, 2024 and granted on September 1, 2026, 2 years, 4 months later.
It is one of the patents our firm has obtained in the Transportation area.
Key dates and patent term
| Application filed | April 19, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Patent granted | September 1, 2026 | 2 years, 4 months in prosecution at the U.S. Patent Office |
| Utility term expires (nominal) | April 19, 2044 | 20 years from the earliest U.S. non-provisional filing date. |
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What the classification means
Patent offices file every granted patent under the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) scheme. These are the technology areas US 12,722,775 was placed in — a good shortcut to what the invention is considered to be, and to the prior art an examiner would have searched.
- B64C
Aeroplanes; helicopters
Bibliographic details
| Patent number | US 12,722,775 |
|---|---|
| Title | AIRCRAFT SIDESTICK |
| Inventors | Evgeny A. Nesmeev |
| Filing date | April 19, 2024 |
| Grant date | September 1, 2026 |
| Category | Transportation |
Full text as published by the U.S. Patent Office
The sections below reproduce the official text of US 12,722,775 for reference. Open a section to read it.
Abstract
An aviation sidestick is a device that can be used to control various manned and unmanned equipment, including flying, ground, underwater, to control spacecraft in outer space and to control computer games. It consists of a housing, a handle with buttons and a scroll wheel, a bracket/arm, a compensating mechanism, a fixed base in the form of a spherical segment and a mechanism that simulates feedback located under the compensating mechanism, while the geometric centers of the sphere and the focus of the sphere segment do not coincide, but is positioned on the same axis.
The full text of this recently granted patent is not yet published in machine-readable form. The complete specification is in the PDF above.
US 12,722,775: questions and answers
What is US Patent 12,722,775 about?
US 12,722,775, “AIRCRAFT SIDESTICK”, is a utility patent granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on September 1, 2026. In brief: An aviation sidestick is a device that can be used to control various manned and unmanned equipment, including flying, ground, underwater, to control spacecraft in outer space and to control computer games.
Who invented US Patent 12,722,775?
The named inventor is Evgeny A. Nesmeev.
When was US Patent 12,722,775 filed?
The application was filed on April 19, 2024 and the patent granted on September 1, 2026.
When does US Patent 12,722,775 expire?
The nominal expiration date is April 19, 2044. 20 years from the earliest U.S. non-provisional filing date.
Who was the patent attorney for US Patent 12,722,775?
This patent was prosecuted by Feigin & Fridman, LLC, patent attorneys in New York and New Jersey. Contact us to discuss protecting your own invention.
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