Term ends Feb 10, 2027 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC.

Filed Mar 8, 2006 as application 11/370,413 · Granted May 12, 2009

Base term plus 339 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Feb 10, 2027

2006 2027

Clock starts
Mar 8, 2006

Term ends
Feb 10, 2027

Granted
May 12, 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

339

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 339 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 Mar 8, 2006, when this application, 11/370,413, was filed	Mar 8, 2026	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+339 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Feb 10, 2027	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	Feb 10, 2027	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
Mar 8, 2006 Reel 17666, frame 737	Kramer, Dennis	ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 28, 2006 Reel 17374, frame 115	Kramer, Dennis A.	ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 25, 2012 Reel 28106, frame 360	ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Security Agreement
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

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What's changing

Feb 2027

Term ends Feb 10, 2027. No further fees fall due before then

Note

The 339 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

later US patents cite this one

That is top 25% 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.

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