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Low Fuel Warning Systems for a Motorized Vehicle

US 7,940,165 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on NMHG Oregon Inc, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded May 30, 2017 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Oct 6, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Aug 21, 2007 as application 11/842,923 · Granted May 10, 2011
Base term plus 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2007
Term ends
Oct 6, 2028
Granted
May 10, 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
412
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
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This patent's term runs 412 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

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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 Aug 21, 2007, when this application, 11/842,923, was filedAug 21, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+412 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 6, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 6, 2028High confidence

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US 7,940,165this patent
Oct 2028
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US 9,000,905Lapsed on the fee record
Apr 2023
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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 19, 2007
Reel 20271, frame 611
Oxley, Lonnie R.; Helton, Darrell E.; Billings, David S.; Bansal, Ashwani K.; Stephenson, Jeffrey G.NMHG Oregon, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 26, 2012
Reel 28445, frame 171
NMHG Oregon, LLCBank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 31, 2013
Reel 31862, frame 216
Bank Of America, N.a.NMHG Oregon, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 20, 2016
Reel 38771, frame 288
NMHG Oregon, LLCHyster-Yale Group Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 30, 2017
Reel 42624, frame 838
Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.; Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.; Hyster Overseas Capital Corporation, LLC; Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC; Bolzoni Holdings LLCBank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 28, 2021
Reel 57013, frame 37
Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation); Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company)Bank of America, N.A. (a National Banking Institution)Security Interest

Sources

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