Term ends Apr 2, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 2, 2029
Held by BorgWarner Inc.
Filed Jul 21, 2010 as application 12/840,737 · Granted May 24, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2009
Apr 2, 2009
Term ends
Apr 2, 2029
Apr 2, 2029
Granted
May 24, 2011
May 24, 2011
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
3
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 2, 2009, when application 12/417,568, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 21, 2010) | Apr 2, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Apr 2, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 12/417,568 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2010/020707 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,946,118 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2010 Reel 24720, frame 656 | Hippen, Will Robert Nielsen; Laimboeck, Franz; Garrard, Tyler R. | Ecomotors International, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2011 Reel 25733, frame 735 | Ecomotors, Inc. | Hercules Technology Iii, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 10, 2013 Reel 29604, frame 260 | Hercules Technology Iii, L.p. | Ecomotors, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2013 Reel 29732, frame 677 | Ecomotors, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Nov 12, 2015 Reel 37102, frame 457 | Ecomotors, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 029732 Frame 677. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 4, 2017 Reel 43200, frame 379 | Ecomotors, Inc. | BorgWarner Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 2, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
78
later US patents cite this one
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