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Windshield Wiper Connector

US 11,752,977 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 12, 2026 (First Horizon Bank).

Term ends Jul 29, 2031 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Feb 14, 2022 as application 17/671,475 · Granted Sep 12, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Jul 29, 2011
Term ends
Jul 29, 2031
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 29, 2011, when application 13/194,070, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 14, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jul 29, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 29, 2031Medium confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 27, 2022
Reel 61554, frame 566
Viper Acquisition, Inc.; Qualitor Acquisition Inc.; Qualitor, Inc.; Transportation Aftermarket Enterprise, LLC; Tae China Holdings, Inc.; Longman Enterprises, Inc.; Qualitor Subsidiary H, Inc.; Qualitor Subsidiary S, Inc.; Pylon Manufacturing Corp.; Pylon South Bend, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement [first Lien]
Sep 27, 2022
Reel 61554, frame 638
Viper Acquisition, Inc.; Qualitor Acquisition Inc.; Qualitor, Inc.; Transportation Aftermarket Enterprise, LLC; Tae China Holdings, Inc.; Longman Enterprises, Inc.; Qualitor Subsidiary H, Inc.; Qualitor Subsidiary S, Inc.; Pylon Manufacturing Corp.; Pylon South Bend, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement [second Lien]
Sep 27, 2022
Reel 61554, frame 654
Viper Acquisition, Inc.; Qualitor Acquisition Inc.; Qualitor, Inc.; Transportation Aftermarket Enterprise, LLC; Tae China Holdings, Inc.; Longman Enterprises, Inc.; Qualitor Subsidiary H, Inc.; Qualitor Subsidiary S, Inc.; Pylon Manufacturing Corp.; Pylon South Bend, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Administrative Agent and Collateral AgentAbl Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement
Jun 18, 2025
Reel 71674, frame 688
Airtex Industries, LLC; Airtex Products, LP; Apc Intermediate Holdings, LLC; Apc Parent, LLC; Asc Industries, Inc.; Autolite Operations LLC; Avm Export, Inc.; Bpi Acquisition Company, LLC; Bpi Ec, LLC; Bpi Holdings International, LLC; Brake Parts Inc. China LLC; Brake Parts Inc. India LLC; Brake Parts Inc. LLC; Cardone Industries, Inc.; Carrand Companies, Inc.; Carter Carburetor Holdings, LLC; Carter Carburetor, LLC; Carter Fuel Export, Inc.; Carter Fuel Systems, LLC; Champion Laboratories, Inc.; CWD Holding, LLC; CWD Intermediate Holdings I, LLC; CWD Intermediate Holdings II, LLC; CWD, LLC; Dalton Corporation; Dalton Corporation, Kendallville; Manufacturing Facility Dalton Corporation, Ashland; Manufacturing Facility Dalton Corporation, Stryker Machining Facility Co.; Dalton Corporation, Warsaw Manufacturing Facility; Eagle Casting, LLC; Eagle Machining, LLC; First Brands Group Intermediate, LLC; First Brands Group, LLC; Fram Group IP LLC; Fram Group Operations LLC; Framauto Holdings, LLC; Fuel Filter Technologies, Inc.; Global Reman Ventures, LLC; Heatherton Holdings, LLC; Hopkins Acquisition, Inc.; Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation; Horizon Euro Finance LLC; Horizon Global Americas Inc.; Horizon Global Company LLC; Horizon Global Corporation; Horizon International Holdings LLC; Ibi International Holding Company, Inc.; International Brake Industries, Inc.; Jasper Acquisition Corp.; Jasper Rubber Products, Inc.; Ktri Holdings, Inc.; Ktri Offshore Holdings, LLC; Longman Enterprises, Inc.; PHNX Acquisition Corp.; Premier Marketing Group, LLC; Pylon Manufacturing Corp.; Pylon South Bend, Inc.; Qualis Automotive, L.l.c.; Qualis Enterprises, LLC; Qualitor Acquisition Inc.; Qualitor Automotive, LLC; Qualitor Subsidiary H, Inc.; Qualitor Subsidiary S, Inc.; Qualitor, Inc.; Reman Management International LLC; SDC TX, LLC; Smart Choice, LLC; Specialty Pumps Group, Inc.; Strongarm, LLC; Tae Brakes, LLC; Tae China Holdings, Inc.; TMD International Holdings LLC; TMD Mexico LLC; Toledo Molding & Die, LLC; Transportation Aftermarket Enterprise, LLC; Trico Holding Corporation; Trico Products Corporation; Trico Technologies Corporation; Tridonex USA LLC; Uci Acquisition Holdings (No. 4) LLC; Uci International Holdings Parent, Inc.; Uci International Holdings, Inc.; Uci International, LLC; Uci Pennsylvania, Inc.; Uci-Airtex Holdings, Inc.; United Components, LLC; Universal Auto Filter LLC; Viper Acquisition I, Inc.; Viper Acquisition, Inc.; Walbro LLC; Walbro Midco LLC; Wem US Co.Glas USA LLCFirst Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Dec 8, 2025
Reel 73892, frame 154
Jefferies Finance LLCWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBLien
May 4, 2026
Reel 75584, frame 1
First Brands Group Holdings, LLC; First Brands Group Intermediate, LLC; First Brands Group, LLC; Champion Laboratories, Inc.; Fram Group IP LLC; Pylon Manufacturing Corp.; Heatherton Holdings, LLC; Trico Products Corporation; Strongarm, LLCPgi Northstar LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 12, 2026
Reel 75410, frame 391
Pgi Northstar LLCFirst Horizon BankSecurity Interest
Jul 2, 2026
Reel 76604, frame 380
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBJefferies Finance LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 2, 2026
Reel 76604, frame 545
Bank Of America, N.a.Pylon Manufacturing Corp.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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