Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 10, 2015 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Dec 21, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 30, 2029
Held by B/E Aerospace Systems GmbH
Filed Feb 2, 2011 as application 13/057,225 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term plus 509 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jul 30, 2009
Jul 30, 2009
Term ends
Dec 21, 2030
Dec 21, 2030
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Feb 3, 2015
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
509
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.
2
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 509 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 Jul 30, 2009, when application PCT/EP2009/005528, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 2, 2011) | Jul 30, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +509 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 21, 2030 | 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 | Dec 21, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,944,096 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
1 of 2 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 2, 2011 Reel 25734, frame 427 | Conrad, Rudiger; Marz, Heiko | B/E Aerospace Systems GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 10, 2015 Reel 35176, frame 493 | B/E Aerospace, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jan 25, 2019 Reel 49209, frame 619 | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A | B/E Aerospace, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 21, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 509 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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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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