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Apparatus and Method for Establishing a Magnetic Circuit

US 7,656,265 Term ended
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

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 ended Oct 15, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Dec 12, 2005 as application 11/299,573 · Granted Feb 2, 2010
Base term plus 307 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 15, 2026
2005 2026
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2005
Term ended
Oct 15, 2026
Granted
Feb 2, 2010
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
307
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 307 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 12, 2005, when this application, 11/299,573, was filedDec 12, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+307 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 15, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 15, 2026High 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 12, 2005
Reel 17332, frame 174
Catalano, Robert James; Roessler, Robert Joseph; Wassef, Karim NashaatTyco Electronics Power SystemsAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 27, 2008
Reel 20572, frame 592
Tyco Electronics Power Systems, Inc.Lineage Power CorporationChange of Name
Nov 21, 2008
Reel 21876, frame 66
Lineage Power CorporationWells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as AgentSecurity Agreement
Mar 27, 2012
Reel 27934, frame 566
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCLineage Power CorporationPatent Release and Reassignment
Mar 13, 2018
Reel 45581, frame 581
Lineage Power CorporationGE Power Electronics, Inc.Change of Name
Aug 29, 2019
Reel 50207, frame 76
GE Power Electronics, Inc.ABB Schweiz AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 16, 2020
Reel 52430, frame 136
ABB Schweiz AGABB Power Electronics Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 20, 2023
Reel 63410, frame 501
ABB Power Electronics Inc.ABB Schweiz AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 11, 2023
Reel 64671, frame 156
ABB Power Electronics Inc.ABB Schweiz AGCorrective 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 AGAcleap Power Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 2, 2026
Reel 76611, frame 520
Acleap Power Inc.Omnion Power Technology GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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