Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 2, 2013 (General Electric Capital Corporation).

Term ends Jun 9, 2032 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Component Hardware Group, Inc.

Filed Jan 19, 2012 as application 13/353,736 · Granted Nov 11, 2014

Base term plus 142 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Jun 9, 2032

2012 2032

Clock starts
Jan 19, 2012

Term ends
Jun 9, 2032

Granted
Nov 11, 2014

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

142

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 142 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 Jan 19, 2012, when this application, 13/353,736, was filed	Jan 19, 2032	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+142 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Jun 9, 2032	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	Jun 9, 2032	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
Jan 19, 2012 Reel 27561, frame 302	Graham, Thomas; Szprengiel, Stanley	Component Hardware Group, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 18, 2012 Reel 28231, frame 886	Franze, Harry P.; Burns, Martin P.	Component Hardware Group, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 2, 2013 Reel 30744, frame 990	Component Hardware Group, Inc.	General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent	Security Agreement
Sep 8, 2015 Reel 36564, frame 830	General Electric Capital Corporation	Antares Capital LP	Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreement

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.

Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.

Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.

What's changing

Jun 2032

Term ends Jun 9, 2032. No further fees fall due before then

Note

The 142 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

later US patents cite this one

That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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.

Leg Attachment System