Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 10, 2015 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jul 28, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 18, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by B/E Aerospace, Inc.
Filed Jul 17, 2012 as application 13/551,397 · Granted May 26, 2015
Base term plus 101 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2011
Apr 18, 2011
Term ends
Jul 28, 2031
Jul 28, 2031
Granted
May 26, 2015
May 26, 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
101
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.
22
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 101 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 18, 2011, when application 13/089,063, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 17, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 18, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +101 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 28, 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 | Jul 28, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,590,838 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2011/033090 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,038,946 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2013/050342 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,073,641 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US D749,709 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 9,365,292 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 9,434,476 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2012 Reel 28937, frame 922 | Hawkins, Aaron; Brauer, Robert K.; Kinnier, Ed; Pirie, Christopher I. | B/E Aerospace, Inc. | 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
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 28, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 101 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.