Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2023 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ended no later than Jun 18, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 16, 2025
Held by Copeland LP
Filed Apr 4, 2005 as application 11/098,583 · Granted Feb 3, 2009
Base term plus 487 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Ended no later than Jun 18, 2026
2005
2026
Clock starts
Feb 16, 2005
Feb 16, 2005
Ended no later than
Jun 18, 2026
Jun 18, 2026
Granted
Feb 3, 2009
Feb 3, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
487
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
3 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.
9
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 487 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Feb 16, 2005, when application 11/059,646, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 4, 2005) | Feb 16, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +487 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 18, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jun 18, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,412,842 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 7,458,223 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 7,878,006 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,484,376 | this patent no later than Jun 2026 | no later than Jun 2026 |
| US 7,905,098 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,474,278 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 9,121,407 | Term ended Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 9,669,498 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2007 Reel 19215, frame 273 | Copeland Corporation | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Certificate of Conversion, Articles of Formation and Assignment |
| 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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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 487 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jun 18, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
131
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2009 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.