Term ends Nov 21, 2026 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Arvin Technologies, Inc.

Filed Apr 2, 2007 as application 11/695,262 · Granted Jul 22, 2008

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Nov 21, 2026

2006 2026

Clock starts
Nov 21, 2006

Term ends
Nov 21, 2026

Granted
Jul 22, 2008

base term fee events 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.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

3 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.

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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 21, 2006, when application 11/602,924, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 2, 2007)	Nov 21, 2026	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	3 of 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Nov 21, 2026	High confidence

This family

US 7,536,990	In force Feb 2027	Feb 2027
US 7,401,592	this patent Nov 2026	Nov 2026

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
Apr 2, 2007 Reel 19101, frame 391	Willats, Robin; Callahan, Joseph; Abram, Kwin; Kalyanasamy, Govindaraj	Arvin Technologies, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 25, 2012 Reel 28108, frame 456	Arvin Technologies, Inc.	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Security Agreement
Jun 21, 2013 Reel 30658, frame 633	Jpmorgan Chase Bank, National Association	Arvin Technologies, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 Reel 61521, frame 550	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	ArvinMeritor, Inc.; Meritor Transmission Corporation; Arvin Technologies, Inc.; Gabriel Ride Control Products, Inc.; Euclid Industries, LLC; Maremount Corporation; ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC; Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC; ArvinMeritor Oe, LLC; Motor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC; Meritor Technology, LLC; Axletech International IP Holdings, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	ArvinMeritor, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Meritor Transmission Corporation	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Arvin Technologies, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Gabriel Ride Control Products, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Euclid Industries, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Maremount Corporation	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	ArvinMeritor Oe, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Motor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Meritor Technology, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Axletech International IP Holdings, LLC	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 2026

Term ends Nov 21, 2026. No further fees fall due before then

Citations

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