Term ends Sep 30, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 10, 2030
Held by Automated Wiring Systems, LLC
Filed Sep 10, 2010 as application 13/385,577 · Granted May 14, 2013
Base term plus 385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Sep 10, 2010
Sep 10, 2010
Term ends
Sep 30, 2031
Sep 30, 2031
Granted
May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013
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
385
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.
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 runs 385 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 Sep 10, 2010, when this application, 13/385,577, was filed | Sep 10, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +385 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 30, 2031 | 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 | Sep 30, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,442,664 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,257,808 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,721,702 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2013 Reel 29761, frame 749 | Guglielmo, Kennon; Peterson, Eric | Enovation Controls, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 29, 2018 Reel 46468, frame 256 | Sun Hydraulics Corporation; Enovation Controls, LLC; Sun Hydraulics, LLC | Pnc Bank, National Association | Acknowledgment of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jul 30, 2018 Reel 46498, frame 181 | Enovation Controls, LLC | Automated Wiring Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 30, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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.