Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2023 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Aug 25, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 11, 2033
Held by Copeland LP
Filed Jun 11, 2013 as application 13/915,262 · Granted Aug 11, 2015
Base term plus 75 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013
Term ends
Aug 25, 2033
Aug 25, 2033
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Aug 11, 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
75
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.
4
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 75 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jun 11, 2013, when this application, 13/915,262, was filed | Jun 11, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +75 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 25, 2033 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 25, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,101,875 | this patent Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,835,340 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| US 10,443,868 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 11,098,909 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2014 Reel 34200, frame 305 | Vandermeulen, Peter F.; Allen, Mark; Laflamme, Arthur | 7AC Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2023 Reel 62341, frame 82 | 7AC Technologies, Inc. | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64058, frame 724 | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Copeland LP | Entity Conversion |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64278, frame 598 | Copeland LP | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64279, frame 327 | Copeland LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64280, frame 695 | Copeland LP | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 9, 2024 Reel 68241, frame 264 | Copeland LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2033
Term ends Aug 25, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 75 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
49
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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