Also listed on Tyco Electronics Power Systems, Inc. a Corporation of Nevada, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 21, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 8, 2025
Held by Omnion Power Technology GmbH
Filed Jun 8, 2005 as application 11/147,730 · Granted Feb 17, 2009
Base term plus 561 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Jun 8, 2005
Jun 8, 2005
Term ends
Dec 21, 2026
Dec 21, 2026
Granted
Feb 17, 2009
Feb 17, 2009
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
561
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 561 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 Jun 8, 2005, when this application, 11/147,730, was filed | Jun 8, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +561 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 21, 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 21, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2005 Reel 16675, frame 623 | Nguyen, Khanh; Kirpatrick, Gary | Tyco Electronics Power Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 27, 2008 Reel 20572, frame 592 | Tyco Electronics Power Systems, Inc. | Lineage Power Corporation | Change of Name |
| Nov 21, 2008 Reel 21876, frame 66 | Lineage Power Corporation | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 2, 2009 Reel 22320, frame 873 | Kirkpatrick, Gary | Lineage Power Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 27, 2012 Reel 27934, frame 566 | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Lineage Power Corporation | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Mar 13, 2018 Reel 45581, frame 581 | Lineage Power Corporation | GE Power Electronics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 29, 2019 Reel 50207, frame 76 | GE Power Electronics, Inc. | ABB Schweiz AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2020 Reel 52430, frame 136 | ABB Schweiz AG | ABB Power Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 20, 2023 Reel 63410, frame 501 | ABB Power Electronics Inc. | ABB Schweiz AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2023 Reel 64671, frame 156 | ABB Power Electronics Inc. | ABB Schweiz AG | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Address of the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 063410 Frame: 0501. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Sep 6, 2023 Reel 64819, frame 383 | ABB Schweiz AG | Acleap Power Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2026 Reel 76611, frame 520 | Acleap Power Inc. | Omnion Power Technology GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's 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
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 21, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 561 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.