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Electrically Conducting Terminal

US 8,840,436 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Sep 23, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Aug 22, 2011 as application 13/214,376 · Granted Sep 23, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 214 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 23, 2026
2011 2031
Clock starts
May 5, 2011
No longer in force
Sep 23, 2026
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Term would have run to
Dec 5, 2031
base term patent term adjustment 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
214
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
6
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Dec 5, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 214 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 5, 2011, when application 13/101,592, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 22, 2011)May 5, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+214 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 5, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 23, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 23, 2026High confidence

This family

US 8,876,562In force
May 2031
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US 9,325,095In force
Dec 2031
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US 8,840,436this patent
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Application PCT/US2012/036518PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2012/036559PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,356,377Lapsed on the fee record
May 2024
May 2024
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 23, 2011
Reel 26790, frame 244
Mott, Allen Leo; Pavlovic, Slobodan; Sadras-ravindra, Tulasi; Glick, MichaelLear CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 20, 2013
Reel 30076, frame 16
Lear CorporationJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 5, 2016
Reel 37702, frame 911
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as AgentLear CorporationRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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