Term ends Feb 22, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 21, 2026
Held by Arvin Technologies, Inc.
Filed Nov 21, 2006 as application 11/602,924 · Granted May 26, 2009
Base term plus 93 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2006
Nov 21, 2006
Term ends
Feb 22, 2027
Feb 22, 2027
Granted
May 26, 2009
May 26, 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
93
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.
2
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 runs 93 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 Nov 21, 2006, when this application, 11/602,924, was filed | Nov 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +93 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 22, 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 22, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,536,990 | this patent Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,401,592 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2006 Reel 18602, frame 155 | Willats, Robin; Callahan, Joseph; Abram, Kwin | 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
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 22, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 93 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
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
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