Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 16, 2019 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Dec 11, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 15, 2025
Filed Mar 14, 2008 as application 12/066,974 · Granted Sep 6, 2011
Base term plus 452 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Sep 15, 2005
Sep 15, 2005
Term ends
Dec 11, 2026
Dec 11, 2026
Granted
Sep 6, 2011
Sep 6, 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
452
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 452 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 Sep 15, 2005, when application PCT/US2005/032975, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 14, 2008) | Sep 15, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +452 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 11, 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 | Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2005/032975 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,012,410 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2010 Reel 23905, frame 874 | Grede LLC; Grede II LLC | General Electric Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Feb 11, 2010 Reel 23925, frame 783 | Grede Foundries, Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation | Grede LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2010 Reel 23957, frame 488 | Grede LLC; Grede II LLC | Bank of America N.A. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 3, 2010 Reel 25238, frame 371 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Grede LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Grede II LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Grede LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Grede II LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 4, 2012 Reel 27987, frame 486 | Grede Holdings LLC; Grede LLC; Grede II LLC | General Electric Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Apr 12, 2012 Reel 28036, frame 388 | Grede LLC; Grede II LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 6, 2014 Reel 33117, frame 333 | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Grede LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 21, 2014 Reel 34029, frame 235 | General Electric Capital Corporation | Grede LLC; Grede II LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Release of 027987/0486) |
| Oct 21, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation | Grede LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Release of 027987/0486) |
| Oct 21, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation | Grede II LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Release of 027987/0486) |
| Jan 9, 2015 Reel 34746, frame 923 | Grede LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 6, 2017 Reel 41887, frame 643 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Agent | Grede LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 8, 2017 Reel 42734, frame 1 | American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.; Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.; Grede LLC; Grede II LLC; Metaldyne, LLC; Metaldyne BSM, LLC; MSP Industries Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2019 Reel 51312, frame 873 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Grede LLC; Grede II LLC | Partial Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2019 Reel 51317, frame 96 | Grede II LLC; Grede LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 16, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Grede LLC | Partial Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Grede II LLC | Partial Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2021 Reel 57037, frame 481 | Grede LLC; Grede II LLC | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent | Intellectual Property 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
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 11, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 452 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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