Term ends Jun 20, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 1, 2027
Filed Aug 11, 2015 as application 14/822,954 · Granted Apr 30, 2019
Base term plus 628 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2007
Oct 1, 2007
Term ends
Jun 20, 2029
Jun 20, 2029
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Apr 30, 2019
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
628
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.
9
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 628 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 1, 2007, when application 11/865,085, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 11, 2015) | Oct 1, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +628 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 20, 2029 | 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 | Jun 20, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,108,469 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2008/011302 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 13/772,455 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,272,724 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,649,886 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 9,873,291 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| Application 16/249,984 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,208,648 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2015 Reel 36318, frame 726 | Wallet, Bill J.; Regallis, John J.; Parker, Jeffrey D.; Shimizu, Nobuo; Miklic, Andrew T. | Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2015 Reel 36319, frame 26 | Dumigan, Keith A. | Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2015 Reel 36343, frame 786 | Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC | Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 14, 2015 Reel 36602, frame 234 | Wallet, Bill J.; Regallis, John J.; Parker, Jeffrey D.; Shimizu, Nobuo; Miklic, Andrew T. | Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name from Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC Previously Recorded on Reel 036318 Frame 0726. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Assignee Name Is Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 20, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 628 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.