Also listed on Macro Technologies, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 5, 2019 (Bain Capital Credit, LP).
Term ends Feb 23, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 18, 2026
Held by General Electric Company
Filed Apr 18, 2006 as application 11/406,804 · Granted Nov 30, 2010
Base term plus 311 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2006
Apr 18, 2006
Term ends
Feb 23, 2027
Feb 23, 2027
Granted
Nov 30, 2010
Nov 30, 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
311
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.
This patent's term runs 311 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 Apr 18, 2006, when this application, 11/406,804, was filed | Apr 18, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +311 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 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 | Feb 23, 2027 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2009 Reel 23342, frame 14 | Macro Technologies, Inc. | Macro Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2014 Reel 32022, frame 443 | Konishi, Howard M.; Huncovsky, Edwin | Macro Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2014 Reel 32022, frame 665 | Macro Technologies, Inc. | Macro Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2014 Reel 32082, frame 586 | Konishi, Howard; Huncovsky, Edwin | Macro Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2014 Reel 32160, frame 26 | Macro Technologies, LLC | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 19, 2014 Reel 34207, frame 427 | Macro Technologies, LLC | Engineered Controls International, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 6, 2017 Reel 41181, frame 156 | Engineered Controls International, LLC | General Electric Company, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2017 Reel 41199, frame 855 | Engineered Controls International, LLC | General Electric Company, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 7, 2017 Reel 41542, frame 918 | General Electric Capital Corporation | General Electric Company | Merger |
| Oct 26, 2017 Reel 43955, frame 298 | General Electric Company (Successor in Interest by Merger to General Electric Capitalcorporation), as Administrative Agent | Ares Capital Corporation, as Successor Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 26, 2017 Reel 43955, frame 713 | General Electric Company, As Administrative Agent | Ares Capital Corporation, as Successor Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2019 Reel 50915, frame 514 | Engineered Controls International, LLC; Superior Products, LLC | Bain Capital Credit, LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 11, 2019 Reel 50979, frame 150 | Ares Capital Corporation, as Successor Administrative Agent | Engineered Controls International, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 11, 2019 Reel 50979, frame 223 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Secured Party | Macro Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 23, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 311 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.