Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 9, 2025 (HPS Investment Partners, LLC).
Term ends Aug 20, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 12, 2032
Held by ABC Technologies Inc.
Filed Nov 18, 2013 as application 14/004,269 · Granted Oct 1, 2019
Base term plus 526 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Mar 12, 2012
Mar 12, 2012
Term ends
Aug 20, 2033
Aug 20, 2033
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Oct 1, 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
526
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.
7
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 526 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 Mar 12, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/028828, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 18, 2013) | Mar 12, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +526 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 20, 2033 | 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 20, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2012/028828 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,432,827 | this patent Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,992,388 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,350,647 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application 15/996,632 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/212,928 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/588,143 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2014 Reel 34679, frame 163 | Bowles Fluidics Corporation | Madison Capital Funding LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 12, 2015 Reel 34681, frame 83 | Romack, Alan, MR.; Watkins, Nicholas, MR.; Bradbury, Adam, MR.; Pai, Praveen, MR.; Kline, Zachary, MR. | Bowles Fluidics Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34893, frame 454 | Hartranft, Evan, MR.; Bower, Robert, MR.; Sridhara, Srinivasaiah, MR.; Romack, Alan, MR.; Berning, Keith, MR.; Hester, Russell, MR.; Koehler, Eric, MR. | Bowles Fluidics Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2016 Reel 37690, frame 26 | Bowles Fluidics Corporation; DLH Industries, Inc. | Dlhbowles, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 6, 2021 Reel 54912, frame 430 | Dlhbowles, Inc. | Madison Capital Funding LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2022 Reel 59696, frame 313 | Madison Capital Funding LLC | Dlhbowles, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 31, 2022 Reel 59566, frame 954 | Dlhbowles, Inc. | The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 23, 2024 Reel 67191, frame 884 | Dlhbowles, Inc. | ABC Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 23, 2025 Reel 70953, frame 354 | ABC Technologies Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in U.S. Patents |
| May 1, 2025 Reel 71145, frame 595 | The Bank of Nova Scotia | Dlhbowles, Inc. (as Successor in Interest to ABC Group Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 26, 2025 Reel 72552, frame 829 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral Agent | ABC Technologies Inc. | Notice of Release of Security Interest in U.S. Patents, Recorded on April 23, 2025, at Reel/Frame No. 070953/0354 |
| Aug 26, 2025 Reel 72801, frame 830 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | ABC Technologies Inc. | Notice of Release of Security Interest in U.S. Patents |
| Oct 9, 2025 Reel 73057, frame 444 | ABC Technologies Inc. | HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2033
Term ends Aug 20, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 526 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
121
later US patents cite this one
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