Also listed on 7AC Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2023 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Oct 6, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 25, 2031
Held by Copeland LP
Filed Aug 25, 2020 as application 17/002,371 · Granted Apr 11, 2023
Base term plus 134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
May 25, 2011
May 25, 2011
Term ends
Oct 6, 2031
Oct 6, 2031
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Apr 11, 2023
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
134
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 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.
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 134 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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 25, 2011, when application 13/115,776, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 25, 2020) | May 25, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +134 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 6, 2031 | 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 | Oct 6, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,429,332 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 10,168,056 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 10,753,624 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 11,624,517 | this patent Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2020 Reel 54078, frame 957 | Vandermeulen, Peter F.; Hanoka, Jack I. | 7SOLAR Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 16, 2020 Reel 54078, frame 991 | Vandermeulen, Peter F.; Hanoka, Jack I. | 7AC Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 16, 2020 Reel 54102, frame 380 | 7SOLAR Technologies, Inc. | 7AC Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2021 Reel 55800, frame 396 | 7AC Technologies, Inc. | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64058, frame 724 | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Copeland LP | Entity Conversion |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64278, frame 598 | Copeland LP | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64279, frame 327 | Copeland LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64280, frame 695 | Copeland LP | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 9, 2024 Reel 68241, frame 264 | Copeland LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 6, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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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.