Also listed on Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 6, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 9, 2027
Held by Mop-Cloyes, Inc.
Filed Mar 9, 2007 as application 11/716,326 · Granted Jan 31, 2012
Base term plus 455 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Mar 9, 2007
Mar 9, 2007
Term ends
Jun 6, 2028
Jun 6, 2028
Granted
Jan 31, 2012
Jan 31, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
455
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.
This patent's term runs 455 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 Mar 9, 2007, when this application, 11/716,326, was filed | Mar 9, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +455 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 6, 2028 | 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 | Jun 6, 2028 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2007 Reel 19650, frame 682 | Hamilton, Jeffrey R.; Carty, James Justin; Kinder, Jimmy Dean | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 30, 2010 Reel 24160, frame 13 | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 15, 2010 Reel 24529, frame 556 | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 22, 2011 Reel 25998, frame 965 | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 5, 2012 Reel 29087, frame 140 | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 8, 2012 Reel 29088, frame 944 | Bank of America, N.A., | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc., | Termination of Security Interest |
| Feb 14, 2013 Reel 29816, frame 396 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Termination of Security Interest Reel/Frame 025998/0965 and 028863/0964 |
| Oct 20, 2014 Reel 34024, frame 217 | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 21, 2014 Reel 34029, frame 635 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Release of 029087/0140) |
| Apr 6, 2017 Reel 42178, frame 504 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Agent | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 034024/0217 |
| 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 |
| Oct 19, 2018 Reel 47271, frame 746 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.; HDM Products, Inc.; Dynagear, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 19, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 19, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | HDM Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 19, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Dynagear, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 1, 2026 Reel 74541, frame 444 | Mop-Cloyes, Inc.; Automotive Tensioners, Inc.; Rotomaster Can Holdings ULC | Midcap Financial Trust, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| May 20, 2026 Reel 74709, frame 238 | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Mop-Cloyes, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 6, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 455 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 2012 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.
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