Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2023 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Nov 28, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 16, 2025
Held by Copeland LP
Filed Apr 4, 2005 as application 11/098,582 · Granted Feb 1, 2011
Base term plus 650 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Feb 16, 2005
Feb 16, 2005
Term ends
Nov 28, 2026
Nov 28, 2026
Granted
Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011
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
650
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.
9
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 650 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 Feb 16, 2005, when application 11/059,646, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 4, 2005) | Feb 16, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +650 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 28, 2026 | 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 28, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,412,842 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 7,458,223 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 7,878,006 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,484,376 | Term ended no later than Jun 2026 | no later than Jun 2026 |
| US 7,905,098 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,474,278 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 9,121,407 | Term ended Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 9,669,498 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
8 of 9 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 26, 2007 Reel 19215, frame 273 | Copeland Corporation | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Certificate of Conversion, Articles of Formation and Assignment |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64058, frame 724 | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Copeland LP | Entity Conversion |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64278, frame 598 | Copeland LP | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64279, frame 327 | Copeland LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64280, frame 695 | Copeland LP | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 9, 2024 Reel 68241, frame 264 | Copeland LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 28, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 650 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
156
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 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.