Term ends Apr 20, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 20, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
Filed Sep 22, 2009 as application 12/564,107 · Granted Apr 24, 2012
Base term plus 213 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Sep 20, 2007
Sep 20, 2007
Term ends
Apr 20, 2028
Apr 20, 2028
Granted
Apr 24, 2012
Apr 24, 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
213
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.
3
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 213 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 20, 2007, when application 11/858,372, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 22, 2009); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +213 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 20, 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 | Apr 20, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 11/858,372 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2008/074995 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,161,643 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2009 Reel 23261, frame 975 | Smith, Mark C.; Kramer, Dennis A.; Ritchie, Adam; Caron, Vern | ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2012 Reel 28106, frame 360 | ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 4, 2022 Reel 61521, frame 550 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ArvinMeritor, Inc.; Meritor Transmission Corporation; Arvin Technologies, Inc.; Gabriel Ride Control Products, Inc.; Euclid Industries, LLC; Maremount Corporation; ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC; Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC; ArvinMeritor Oe, LLC; Motor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC; Meritor Technology, LLC; Axletech International IP Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ArvinMeritor, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Meritor Transmission Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Arvin Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Gabriel Ride Control Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Euclid Industries, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Maremount Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ArvinMeritor Oe, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Motor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Meritor Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Axletech International IP Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 20, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 213 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.