Term ends Aug 30, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 21, 2032
Held by Astemo Ueda, Ltd.
Filed Jan 6, 2016 as application 14/989,407 · Granted Jun 25, 2019
Base term plus 191 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2012
Feb 21, 2012
Term ends
Aug 30, 2032
Aug 30, 2032
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Jun 25, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
191
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
3
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 runs 191 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Feb 21, 2012, when application 13/401,205, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 6, 2016) | Feb 21, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +191 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 30, 2032 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 30, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,260,096 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 10,328,916 | this patent Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,676,074 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2016 Reel 38782, frame 897 | Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. | Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2025 Reel 74973, frame 598 | Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd. | Astemo Ueda, Ltd. | Merger |
| Mar 2, 2026 Reel 74993, frame 895 | Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd. | Astemo Ueda, Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Sep 17, 2026 Reel 76644, frame 80 | Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd. | Astemo Ueda, Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Brief: Merger Should Be Brief: Change of Name Previously Recorded on Reel 74973 Frame 598. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2032
Term ends Aug 30, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 191 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.