Term ends Apr 14, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 5, 2026
Held by Pulse Electronics, Inc.
Filed Apr 5, 2006 as application 11/399,002 · Granted Jul 30, 2013
Base term plus 1835 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2031
Clock starts
Apr 5, 2006
Apr 5, 2006
Term ends
Apr 14, 2031
Apr 14, 2031
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Jul 30, 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
1,835
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 1835 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 5, 2006, when this application, 11/399,002, was filed | Apr 5, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1835 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 14, 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 | Apr 14, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,496,499 | this patent Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 7,942,700 | Term ended 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 17, 2006 Reel 17955, frame 909 | Gutierrez, Aurelio J.; Machado, Russell L.; Schaffer, Chris; Renteria, Victor H. | Pulse Engineering, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2009 Reel 22542, frame 586 | Pulse Engineering, Inc.; Technitrol, Inc.; Ami Doduco, Inc.; Technitrol Delaware, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 21, 2011 Reel 25689, frame 448 | Pulse Engineering, Inc. | Pulse Electronics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 27, 2011 Reel 26661, frame 234 | Pulse Engineering, Inc. | Pulse Electronics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| 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
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2031
Term ends Apr 14, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1835 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 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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