Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 10, 2015 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Nov 21, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 8, 2024
Held by B/E Aerospace, Inc.
Filed Dec 8, 2004 as application 11/008,634 · Granted Sep 15, 2009
Base term plus 1078 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Dec 8, 2004
Dec 8, 2004
Term ends
Nov 21, 2027
Nov 21, 2027
Granted
Sep 15, 2009
Sep 15, 2009
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
1,078
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
6
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 1078 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 8, 2004, when this application, 11/008,634, was filed | Dec 8, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1078 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 21, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 21, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,588,032 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2005/042878 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,784,463 | Term ended no later than Aug 2025 | no later than Aug 2025 |
| US 8,176,917 | Term ended Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 8,689,790 | Term ended Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 9,468,780 | Term ended Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2005 Reel 16225, frame 960 | Cannon, James C. | Be Intellectual Property, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 14, 2008 Reel 21393, frame 273 | Be Aerospace, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 19, 2008 Reel 21398, frame 978 | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. | Be Aerospace, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2013 Reel 31600, frame 945 | Be Aerospace, Inc. | B/E Aerospace, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 23, 2015 Reel 34805, frame 718 | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. | B/E Aerospace, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 10, 2015 Reel 35176, frame 493 | B/E Aerospace, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jul 23, 2015 Reel 36242, frame 530 | Be Aerospace, Inc. | B/E Aerospace, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Appl. No. 13/071,416 Previously Recorded at Reel: 031600 Frame: 0945. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Jan 25, 2019 Reel 49209, frame 619 | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A | B/E Aerospace, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 21, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1078 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
31
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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