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Hybrid Transmission Having Synchronizers

US 8,118,703 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Feb 21, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 1, 2006 as application 11/565,782 · Granted Feb 21, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Feb 21, 2024
2006 2027
Clock starts
Dec 1, 2006
No longer in force
Feb 21, 2024
Granted
Feb 21, 2012
Term would have run to
Apr 21, 2027
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
141
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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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Its term would have run to Apr 21, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 141 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 1, 2006, when this application, 11/565,782, was filedDec 1, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+141 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 21, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 21, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 21, 2024High confidence

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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
Feb 6, 2007
Reel 18862, frame 200
Puiu, DumitruDaimlerchrysler CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 29, 2007
Reel 19773, frame 1
Chrysler LLCWilmington Trust CompanyGrant of Security Interest in Patent Rights - First Priority
Aug 30, 2007
Reel 19767, frame 810
Chrysler LLCWilmington Trust CompanyGrant of Security Interest in Patent Rights - Second Priority
Dec 3, 2008
Reel 21915, frame 760
Daimlerchrysler CorporationDaimlerchrysler Company LLCChange of Name
Dec 3, 2008
Reel 21915, frame 772
Daimlerchrysler Company LLCChrysler LLCChange of Name
Jan 14, 2009
Reel 22259, frame 188
Chrysler LLCUS Department of the TreasuryGrant of Security Interest in Patent Rights - Thir
Jul 1, 2009
Reel 22902, frame 164
US Department of the TreasuryChrysler LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 6, 2009
Reel 22910, frame 498
Wilmington Trust CompanyChrysler LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patent Rights - First Priority
Jul 6, 2009
Reel 22910, frame 740
Wilmington Trust CompanyChrysler LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patent Rights - Second Priority
Jul 6, 2009
Reel 22915, frame 1
Chrysler LLCNew Carco Acquisition LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 6, 2009
Reel 22915, frame 489
New Carco Acquisition LLCThe United States Department of the TreasurySecurity Agreement
Jul 7, 2009
Reel 22919, frame 126
New Carco Acquisition LLCChrysler Group LLCChange of Name
May 25, 2011
Reel 26335, frame 1
The United States Department of the TreasuryChrysler Group LLC; Chrysler Group Global Electric Motorcars LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 25, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
The United States Department of the TreasuryChrysler Group LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 25, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
The United States Department of the TreasuryChrysler Group Global Electric Motorcars LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 6, 2011
Reel 26396, frame 780
Chrysler Group LLCCitibank, N.a.Security Agreement
Jun 10, 2011
Reel 26426, frame 644
Chrysler Group LLCCitibank, N.a.Security Agreement
Mar 4, 2014
Reel 32384, frame 640
Chrysler Group LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Agreement
Apr 30, 2015
Reel 35553, frame 356
Chrysler Group LLCFCA US LLCChange of Name
Feb 11, 2016
Reel 37784, frame 1
Citibank, N.a.FCA US LLC, Formerly Known as Chrysler Group LLCRelease of Security Interest Releasing Second-Lien Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel 026426 and Frame 0644, Reel 026435 and Frame 0652, and Reel 032384 and Frame 0591
May 30, 2017
Reel 42885, frame 255
Citibank, N.a.FCA US LLC (Formerly Known as Chrysler Group LLC)Release of Security Interest
Jan 24, 2019
Reel 48177, frame 356
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.FCA US LLC (Formerly Known as Chrysler Group LLC)Release of Security Interest
Jul 29, 2025
Reel 72886, frame 467
Daimler AGMercedes Benz Group AGChange of Name

Sources

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