Also listed on Delphi Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 7, 2026 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Aptiv Technologies AG

Filed Oct 5, 2006 as application 11/543,604 · Granted Nov 11, 2008

Base term plus 63 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Dec 7, 2026

2006 2026

Clock starts
Oct 5, 2006

Term ends
Dec 7, 2026

Granted
Nov 11, 2008

base term patent term adjustment 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

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

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.

This patent's term runs 63 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Oct 5, 2006, when this application, 11/543,604, was filed	Oct 5, 2026	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+63 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Dec 7, 2026	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	Dec 7, 2026	High confidence

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
Oct 5, 2006 Reel 18389, frame 359	Staab, Christian; Bock, Joachim; Ochse, Frank	Delphi Technologies, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 13, 2009 Reel 23510, frame 562	Delphi Technologies, Inc.	The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrative Agent	Security Agreement
Apr 15, 2011 Reel 26138, frame 574	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi Connection Systems Holdings LLC; Delphi Properties Management LLC; Delphi Technologies, Inc.; Delphi Automotive Systems LLC; Delphi Connection Systems LLC; Delphi Corporation; Delphi Holdings LLC; Delphi International Services Company LLC; Delphi Medical Systems LLC; Delphi Trade Management LLC	Release of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi Connection Systems Holdings LLC	Release of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi Properties Management LLC	Release of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi Technologies, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi Automotive Systems LLC	Release of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi Connection Systems LLC	Release of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi Corporation	Release of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi Holdings LLC	Release of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi International Services Company LLC	Release of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi Medical Systems LLC	Release of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	The Bank of New York Mellon	Delphi Trade Management LLC	Release of Security Interest
Apr 18, 2011 Reel 26146, frame 173	Delphi Technologies, Inc.	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Security Agreement
Jan 14, 2015 Reel 34762, frame 540	Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.	Delphi Technologies, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Sep 25, 2018 Reel 47143, frame 874	Delphi Technologies Inc.	Aptiv Technologies Limited	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 11, 2024 Reel 66551, frame 219	Aptiv Manufacturing Management Services S.À R.L.	Aptiv Technologies AG	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 11, 2024 Reel 66566, frame 173	Aptiv Technologies (2) S.À R.L.	Aptiv Manufacturing Management Services S.À R.L.	Merger
Feb 11, 2024 Reel 66746, frame 1	Aptiv Technologies Limited	Aptiv Technologies (2) S.À R.L.	Entity Conversion

Sources

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What's changing

Dec 2026

Term ends Dec 7, 2026. No further fees fall due before then

Note

The 63 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

later US patents cite this one

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