Also listed on Airbus Operations Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 30, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 27, 2029
Held by Astemo Ueda, Ltd.
Filed May 27, 2009 as application 12/472,919 · Granted Mar 13, 2012
Base term plus 187 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
May 27, 2009
May 27, 2009
Term ends
Nov 30, 2029
Nov 30, 2029
Granted
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
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
187
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 187 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 May 27, 2009, when this application, 12/472,919, was filed | May 27, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +187 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 30, 2029 | 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 30, 2029 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2009 Reel 22743, frame 717 | Rieux-lopez, Olivier; Goguet, Olivier | Airbus France | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 18, 2011 Reel 26298, frame 269 | Airbus France | Airbus Operations SAS | Merger |
| Mar 2, 2026 Reel 74991, frame 340 | Hitachi Astemo Ueda, Ltd. | Astemo Ueda, Ltd. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 30, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 187 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.