Term ends Dec 10, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 10, 2027
Held by Parker Intangibles LLC
Filed Dec 10, 2007 as application 11/953,784 · Granted Mar 16, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Dec 10, 2007
Dec 10, 2007
Term ends
Dec 10, 2027
Dec 10, 2027
Granted
Mar 16, 2010
Mar 16, 2010
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
20
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 10, 2007, when this application, 11/953,784, was filed | Dec 10, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Dec 10, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,595,580 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,521,840 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Application 11/361,703 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,626,319 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 7,915,789 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 7,750,532 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2006/010120 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2006/010369 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 20 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 14, 2008 Reel 20801, frame 687 | Polyakov, Ilya; Heim, Jonathan R. | Artificial Muscle, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2010 Reel 24411, frame 308 | Artificial Muscle, Inc. | Bayer MaterialScience AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2015 Reel 37189, frame 629 | Bayer MaterialScience AG | Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2015 Reel 37207, frame 211 | Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2021 Reel 56440, frame 597 | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | Parker Intangibles LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2027
Term ends Dec 10, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
69
later US patents cite this one
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