Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 26, 2011 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ended Apr 5, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 5, 2026
Held by Pulse Electronics, Inc.
Filed May 10, 2010 as application 12/777,186 · Granted May 17, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Apr 5, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Apr 5, 2006
Apr 5, 2006
Term ended
Apr 5, 2026
Apr 5, 2026
Granted
May 17, 2011
May 17, 2011
base term
after the term ends
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.
3
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 were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 5, 2006, when application 11/399,002, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 10, 2010) | Apr 5, 2026 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 5, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,496,499 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 7,942,700 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,845,367 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
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 27, 2011 Reel 26661, frame 234 | Pulse Engineering, Inc. | Pulse Electronics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 26, 2011 Reel 27129, frame 371 | Pulse Electronics, Inc. (F/K/A Pulse Engineering, Inc.) | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 2, 2014 Reel 31898, frame 476 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Cantor Fitzgerald Securities | Notice of Substitution of Administrative Agent in Trademarks and Patents |
Sources
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Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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