Term ends Oct 1, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 14, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Black & Decker Inc.
Filed Oct 13, 2017 as application 15/783,435 · Granted Dec 31, 2019
Base term plus 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jun 14, 2011
Jun 14, 2011
Term ends
Oct 1, 2031
Oct 1, 2031
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Dec 31, 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
109
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
18
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 109 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 14, 2011, when application PCT/US2011/040306, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 13, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 14, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +109 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 1, 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 1, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2011/040306 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 61/660,335 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,056,806 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 9,819,241 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,154,009 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 10,523,080 | this patent Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 11,128,194 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| Application 16/033,585 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2017 Reel 43861, frame 434 | Smith, David J.; Ayers, Justin H.; Gillespie, David E.; Hatfield, Eric E.; Ortt, Earl M.; Osborne, Stephen; Friedman, Brian; Dunston, Jarrett A. | Black & Decker Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 1, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.