Term ends Nov 28, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 12, 2034
Held by Standard Motor Products, Inc.
Filed Jun 30, 2017 as application 15/639,166 · Granted Mar 17, 2020
Base term plus 16 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Nov 12, 2014
Nov 12, 2014
Term ends
Nov 28, 2034
Nov 28, 2034
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Mar 17, 2020
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
16
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,696,249, to Nov 28, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
3
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 16 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 12, 2014, when application 14/539,991, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 30, 2017) | Nov 12, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +16 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 28, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,696,249) | resolves to Nov 28, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 28, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,696,249 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,591,398 | this patent Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,467,079 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2018 Reel 44605, frame 199 | Hedayat, Kayvan; Hart, John; Matson, Eric; Wilson, Mark; Poirier, Norman | Stoneridge, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 12, 2019 Reel 49451, frame 357 | Stoneridge, Inc.; Stoneridge Electronics, Inc.; Stoneridge Control Devices, Inc.; Stoneridge Aftermarket, Inc.; Orlaco Inc.; SRI Holdings US LLC; SRI Delaware Holdings LLC | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2021 Reel 55807, frame 164 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Stoneridge, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2021 Reel 55821, frame 677 | Stoneridge, Inc. | Standard Motor Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2022 Reel 60070, frame 557 | Standard Motor Products, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2024 Reel 68597, frame 388 | Standard Motor Products, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2024 Reel 68962, frame 729 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Standard Motor Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2034
Term ends Nov 28, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 16 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,696,249, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.