Term ends Aug 10, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 13, 2034
Held by Danfoss A/S
Filed Nov 6, 2017 as application 15/804,542 · Granted Dec 10, 2019
Base term plus 89 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
May 13, 2014
May 13, 2014
Term ends
Aug 10, 2034
Aug 10, 2034
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Dec 10, 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
89
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,036,407, to Aug 10, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 89 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 13, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/037879, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 6, 2017) | May 13, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +89 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 10, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,036,407) | resolves to Aug 10, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 10, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2014/037879 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,810,242 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 10,502,239 | this patent Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 11,028,861 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
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 16, 2022 Reel 60518, frame 1 | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | Danfoss Power Solutions II Technology A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 27, 2023 Reel 64730, frame 1 | Danfoss Power Solutions II Technology A/S | Danfoss A/S | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Aug 2034
Term ends Aug 10, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 89 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,036,407, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.