Term ends Oct 20, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 21, 2023
Held by Valeo North America, Inc.
Filed Jan 19, 2006 as application 10/536,054 · Granted Feb 22, 2011
Base term plus 1429 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2027
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2003
Nov 21, 2003
Term ends
Oct 20, 2027
Oct 20, 2027
Granted
Feb 22, 2011
Feb 22, 2011
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
1,429
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.
11
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 1429 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, 2003, when application PCT/EP2003/013062, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 19, 2006) | Nov 21, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1429 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 20, 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 | Oct 20, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,891,044 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 7,937,798 | Term ended Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 8,220,106 | Term ended Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 9,162,650 | Term ended Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 9,499,132 | Term ended Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 9,751,503 | Term ended no later than Nov 2023 | no later than Nov 2023 |
| US 9,969,361 | Term ended Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 10,259,429 | Term ended Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2006 Reel 17352, frame 251 | Fink, Andreas; Scholl, Wolfgang; Schremmer, Gerhard | Valeo Wischersysteme GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2016 Reel 37776, frame 616 | Valeo Wischersysteme GmbH | Valeo, Inc.; Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc.; Delmex de Juarez S. de R.L. de C.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2016 Reel 37777, frame 1 | Valeo, Inc.; Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. | Valeo North America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Valeo Wischersysteme GmbH | Valeo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Valeo Wischersysteme GmbH | Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Valeo Wischersysteme GmbH | Delmex de Juarez S. de R.L. de C.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2024 Reel 66490, frame 407 | Delmex de Juarez S. de R.L. de C.V. | Valeo North America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 20, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1429 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
88
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 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.