Also listed on Aclara Power Line Systems Inc, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 16, 2030
Statutory term ends Aug 9, 2027
Base term plus 1042 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires Jun 2030
2007
2030
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2007
Aug 9, 2007
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Oct 18, 2011
Term ends
Jun 16, 2030
Jun 16, 2030
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
1,042
Days of PTA
1
Applications in this family
This patent's term runs 1042 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record
How this date was computed
Every step shows its rule, its 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Aug 9, 2007 | Aug 9, 2027 | High |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High |
| Patent term adjustment | +1042 days, USPTO PTA record | Jun 16, 2030 | High |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | in-force | High |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 16, 2030 | High |
The computation, verbatim
base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2007-08-09+20y | =2027-08-09 | PTA+1042d=2030-06-16 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2015-04-20,8yr@2019-04-04,12yr@2023-04-05 | status=in-force@2030-06-16
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | Spencer, Quentin | Aclara Power-Line Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Aclara Power-Line Systems Inc. | Aclara Technologies LLC | Merger |
| Mar 28, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Aclara Technologies LLC | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 4, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Aclara Technologies LLC | Bmo Harris Bank N.A. | Security Interest |
| Apr 18, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Aclara International LLC; Aclara Technologies LLC; Meter Readings Holding, LLC | PNC Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bmo Harris Bank, N.A. | Aclara Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Aclara Meters LLC; Aclara Technologies LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 30, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Aclara Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 30, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Aclara Meters LLC F/K/A MRH Meters LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Aclara Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Aclara Meters LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 6, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | PNC Bank, National Association | Aclara Technologies LLC | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1042 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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