Term ends Nov 20, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 20, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Axis AB
Filed Jan 6, 2017 as application 15/400,375 · Granted Jun 18, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2007
Nov 20, 2007
Term ends
Nov 20, 2027
Nov 20, 2027
Granted
Jun 18, 2019
Jun 18, 2019
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.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Nov 20, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/085308, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 6, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 20, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,050,206 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,121,078 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,589,434 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,640,053 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 10,326,965 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 10,834,362 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 11,589,009 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 11,962,941 | In force no later than Nov 2027 | no later than Nov 2027 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2017 Reel 40874, frame 733 | Micropower Technologies, Inc. | Credit Managment Association | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 21, 2019 Reel 48393, frame 298 | Micropower Appliance Inc. | Micropower Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 21, 2019 Reel 48392, frame 810 | Siann, Jon; Espey, Dennis James | Micropower Appliance | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 21, 2019 Reel 48393, frame 319 | Credit Management Association | Axis AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 20, 2027. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
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