Also listed on Delphi Korea Limited Liability Company, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 13, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 13, 2027
Held by Autoliv Development AB
Filed May 1, 2008 as application 12/151,059 · Granted Jun 15, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2007
Mar 13, 2007
Term ends
Mar 13, 2027
Mar 13, 2027
Granted
Jun 15, 2010
Jun 15, 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.
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 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 Mar 13, 2007, when application 11/717,423, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 1, 2008) | Mar 13, 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 | Mar 13, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,523,958 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2013 | Apr 2013 |
| US 7,735,855 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 7,699,339 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2014 | Apr 2014 |
| US 7,695,000 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2014 | Apr 2014 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2010 Reel 24159, frame 563 | Delphi Korea Corporation | Delphi Korea Limited Liability Company | Change of Name |
| Jun 3, 2010 Reel 24474, frame 446 | Delphi Korea LLC | Autoliv Development AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 13, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
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