Also listed on Dana Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 27, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 12, 2035
Held by Dana TM4 UK Ltd.
Filed Jun 2, 2017 as application 15/532,889 · Granted Jul 13, 2021
Base term plus 715 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2037
Clock starts
Nov 12, 2015
Nov 12, 2015
Term ends
Oct 27, 2037
Oct 27, 2037
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Jul 13, 2021
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
715
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 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.
5
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 715 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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, 2015, when application PCT/GB2015/053429, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 2, 2017) | Nov 12, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +715 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 27, 2037 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 27, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,063,481 | this patent Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 11,870,301 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US 12,289,014 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| Application 19/011,009 | Pending not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 30, 2017 Reel 43451, frame 834 | Ash, Lloyd | Ashwoods Automotive Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2019 Reel 48366, frame 449 | Ashwood Automotive Limited | Ashwoods Electric Motors Limited | Change of Name |
| Jan 29, 2025 Reel 70044, frame 763 | Ashwoods Electric Motors Limited | Dana TM4 UK Ltd. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2037
Term ends Oct 27, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 715 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 top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 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.