Term ends Aug 5, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 5, 2031
Held by Flexgen Power Systems, LLC
Filed Aug 27, 2013 as application 13/978,689 · Granted May 3, 2016
Base term plus 153 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Mar 5, 2011
Mar 5, 2011
Term ends
Aug 5, 2031
Aug 5, 2031
Granted
May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016
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
153
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 153 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 Mar 5, 2011, when application PCT/CN2011/071548, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 27, 2013) | Mar 5, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +153 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 5, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 5, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,331,497 | this patent Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 9,847,654 | In force no later than Jun 2031 | no later than Jun 2031 |
| US 10,536,007 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2013 Reel 30752, frame 863 | Beaston, Virgil Lee | Powin Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2014 Reel 34462, frame 868 | Powin Corporation | Powin Energy Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 28, 2019 Reel 50840, frame 901 | Powin Energy Corporation | Arroyo Energy Investment Partners LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Powin Energy Corporation | Powin Energy Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Powin Energy Corporation | Arroyo Energy Investment Partners LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 30, 2019 Reel 50926, frame 48 | Powin Energy Corporation | Powin Energy Finance LLC; Arroyo Energy Investment Partners LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2021 Reel 56024, frame 524 | Powin Energy Corporation | Powin, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2022 Reel 58524, frame 848 | Powin, LLC | HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 13, 2022 Reel 58652, frame 252 | Arroyo Energy Investment Partners LLC | Powin Energy Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 23, 2023 Reel 65310, frame 290 | HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Powin, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 2, 2024 Reel 69102, frame 539 | Powin, LLC | Glas USA LLC, as Collateral Agent | Notice of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Sep 24, 2025 Reel 72946, frame 629 | Powin, LLC | Flexgen Power Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2025 Reel 72535, frame 800 | Powin, LLC, et Al, Debtors, via U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey | Flexgen Power Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 5, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 153 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
68
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 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.