Term ends Oct 1, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 1, 2027
Filed Nov 1, 2022 as application 17/978,285 · Granted Jan 28, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2007
Oct 1, 2007
Term ends
Oct 1, 2027
Oct 1, 2027
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Jan 28, 2025
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,108,469, to Oct 1, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. No maintenance fee can end this term early. 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 Nov 1, 2022) | Oct 1, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,108,469) | resolves to Oct 1, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 1, 2027 | 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 | In force 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2022 Reel 61832, frame 792 | Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC | Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 2, 2022 Reel 61626, frame 82 | Wallet, Bill J.; Regallis, John J.; Parker, Jeffrey D; Shimizu, Nobuo; Miklic, Andrew T. | Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 2, 2022 Reel 61626, frame 89 | Dumigan, Keith A. | Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2022 Reel 61871, frame 487 | Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC | Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 1, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,108,469, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
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