Also listed on Wright Line, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 19, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 26, 2029
Held by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
Filed Jun 22, 2015 as application 14/746,170 · Granted Nov 13, 2018
Base term plus 144 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2009
Oct 26, 2009
Term ends
Mar 19, 2030
Mar 19, 2030
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Nov 13, 2018
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
144
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 144 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Oct 26, 2009, when application 12/605,992, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 22, 2015) | Oct 26, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +144 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 19, 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 19, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,066,450 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 10,130,012 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2018 Reel 47102, frame 1 | Wright Line LLC | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 19, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 144 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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