Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 13, 2015 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Lapsed Mar 20, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 11, 2028
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Chargepoint, Inc.
Filed Mar 1, 2011 as application 13/038,336 · Granted Mar 20, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 20, 2024
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2008
Jan 11, 2008
No longer in force
Mar 20, 2024
Mar 20, 2024
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Mar 20, 2012
Term would have run to
Jan 11, 2028
Jan 11, 2028
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,956,570, to Jan 11, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
22
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jan 11, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jan 11, 2008, when application 12/013,296, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 1, 2011) | Jan 11, 2028 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,956,570) | resolves to Jan 11, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 20, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 20, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,956,570 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| Application 12/335,274 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2009/030276 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,952,319 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 8,025,526 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,138,715 | this patent Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| Application PCT/US2011/033327 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,866,436 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
8 of 22 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2012 Reel 29339, frame 711 | Coulomb Technologies, Inc. | Chargepoint, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Dec 22, 2014 Reel 34571, frame 86 | Lowenthal, Richard; Baxter, Dave; Bhade, Harjinder; Mandal, Praveen | Coulomb Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 30, 2014 Reel 34714, frame 76 | Chargepoint, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 13, 2015 Reel 34757, frame 811 | Chargepoint, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Nov 12, 2015 Reel 37105, frame 583 | Chargepoint, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 034757 Frame 811. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 14, 2017 Reel 44442, frame 781 | Ares Capital Corporation | Bearcub Acquisitions LLC | Assignment of IP Security Agreement |
| Jul 12, 2018 Reel 46531, frame 719 | Chargepoint Inc.; CPI Integration Holdings, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 12, 2018 Reel 46531, frame 749 | Bearcub Acquisitions LLC | Chargepoint Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Agreement at Reel 044442/FRAME 0781 |
| Oct 9, 2020 Reel 54630, frame 890 | Chargepoint Inc.; CPI Integration Holdings, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number Listed on Page 2, Line 21, 15894778 Previously Recorded at Reel: 46531 Frame: 719. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement. |
| Oct 13, 2020 Reel 54064, frame 295 | Silicon Valley Bank | Chargepoint, Inc. | Release |
| Mar 17, 2021 Reel 55632, frame 704 | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | Chargepoint Inc.; CPI Integration Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | Chargepoint Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | CPI Integration Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2023 Reel 64483, frame 754 | Chargepoint, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 19, 2025 Reel 73634, frame 312 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Chargepoint, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,956,570, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
63
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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