Also listed on Component Re-Engineering Company, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 20, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 20, 2032
Filed Jul 6, 2023 as application 18/347,662 · Granted Feb 24, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2012
Nov 20, 2012
Term ends
Nov 20, 2032
Nov 20, 2032
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Feb 24, 2026
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 20, 2012, when application 13/682,171, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 6, 2023) | Nov 20, 2032 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 20, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,932,690 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/048746 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 13/682,079 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,684,256 | In force no later than Nov 2032 | no later than Nov 2032 |
| US 9,315,424 | In force (reinstated) Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 8,789,743 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 9,556,074 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/067491 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2023 Reel 64451, frame 844 | Parker, Michael | Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 1, 2023 Reel 64452, frame 165 | Elliot, Alfred Grant; Elliot, Brent Donald Alfred; Balma, Frank; Schuster, Richard Erich; Rex, Dennis George | Component Re-Engineering Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 1, 2023 Reel 64452, frame 417 | Component Re-Engineering Company, Inc. | Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 9, 2023 Reel 64541, frame 108 | Elliot, Alfred Grant; Elliot, Brent Donald Alfred; Balma, Frank; Schuster, Richard Erich; Rex, Dennis George; Veytser, Alexander | Component Re-Engineering Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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