Also listed on Johnson Controls Metals Holding Ltd. & Co. KG, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 17, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Nov 28, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 1, 2026
Held by Adient US LLC
Filed Aug 17, 2007 as application 11/816,579 · Granted Dec 8, 2009
Base term plus 150 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 1, 2006
Jul 1, 2006
Term ends
Nov 28, 2026
Nov 28, 2026
Granted
Dec 8, 2009
Dec 8, 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
150
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 150 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 Jul 1, 2006, when application PCT/EP2006/006422, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 17, 2007) | Jul 1, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +150 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 28, 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 | Nov 28, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,628,449 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
1 of 2 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2007 Reel 19712, frame 63 | Harth, Dieter | Keiper GmbH & Co. KG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 25, 2020 Reel 54700, frame 367 | Keiper GmbH & Co. KG | Johnson Controls Components GmbH & Co. KG | Change of Name |
| Jan 11, 2021 Reel 55001, frame 193 | Johnson Controls Components GmbH & Co. KG | Johnson Controls Metals Holding Ltd. & Co. KG | Merger |
| Jan 29, 2021 Reel 55170, frame 455 | Johnson Controls Metals Holding Ltd. & Co. KG | Adient Luxembourg Holding S.A R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 17, 2022 Reel 58751, frame 678 | Adient Luxembourg Holding S.A.R.L. | Adient Global Holdings Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 14, 2022 Reel 59086, frame 636 | Adient Global Holdings Ltd. | Adient US LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2022 Reel 61956, frame 301 | Adient US LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in IP |
| Mar 14, 2023 Reel 63085, frame 391 | Cni Enterprises, Inc.; Adient US LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2026 Reel 76358, frame 651 | Adient US LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
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 28, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 150 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.