Term ends May 11, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 3, 2031
Held by Briggs & Stratton, LLC
Filed Nov 20, 2012 as application 13/682,567 · Granted Oct 11, 2016
Base term plus 555 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2033
Clock starts
Nov 3, 2011
Nov 3, 2011
Term ends
May 11, 2033
May 11, 2033
Granted
Oct 11, 2016
Oct 11, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
555
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.
13
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 555 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 Nov 3, 2011, when application 13/288,027, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 20, 2012) | Nov 3, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +555 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 11, 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 | May 11, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,403,102 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 8,240,639 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,517,146 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 7,914,609 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,065,823 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 |
| US 8,402,680 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,241,378 | In force no later than Oct 2028 | no later than Oct 2028 |
| US 9,433,147 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2012 Reel 29333, frame 759 | Schmalz, Jacob J. | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 27, 2019 Reel 50564, frame 916 | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2020 Reel 53287, frame 487 | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2020 Reel 54617, frame 331 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 21, 2020 Reel 53838, frame 46 | Briggs & Stratton, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2020 Reel 53850, frame 192 | Briggs & Stratton, LLC | KPS Capital Finance Management, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2020 Reel 53885, frame 211 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2021 Reel 57042, frame 247 | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | Briggs & Stratton, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 11, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 555 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
51
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.