Term ends Jan 23, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 25, 2021
Held by Volkswagen
Filed Jul 24, 2003 as application 10/343,266 · Granted May 25, 2010
Base term plus 2008 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2001
2027
Clock starts
Jul 25, 2001
Jul 25, 2001
Term ends
Jan 23, 2027
Jan 23, 2027
Granted
May 25, 2010
May 25, 2010
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
2,008
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.
23
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 2008 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 Jul 25, 2001, when application PCT/EP2001/008659, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 24, 2003) | Jul 25, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2008 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 23, 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 | Jan 23, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,467,084 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 |
| Application 10/414,361 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,912,228 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 7,725,539 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,094,127 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,848,938 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,200,908 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 9,108,513 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Baumert, Olaf; Poettner, Bernd; Kothe, Bjoern; Salewski, Michael; Steinel, Hermann | Volkswagen AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 28, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Baumert, Olaf; Poettner, Bernd; Kothe, Bjoern; Salewski, Michael; Steinel, Hermann | Audi AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 28, 2003 Reel 14323, frame 393 | Steinel, Hermann; Kothe, Bjoern; Salewski, Michael; Poettner, Bernd; Baumert, Olaf | Volkswagen AG; Audi AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 24, 2004 Reel 15123, frame 85 | Steinel, Hermann; Kothe, Bjoern; Salewski, Michael; Poettner, Bernd; Baumert, Olaf | Volkswagen | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Name. Document Previously Recorded on Reel 014323 Frame 0393. Assignor Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 23, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 2008 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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