Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 16, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Assistant).
Term ends Aug 10, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 28, 2029
Held by Klein Tools, Inc.
Filed Sep 28, 2009 as application 12/568,391 · Granted Jul 3, 2012
Base term plus 316 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Sep 28, 2009
Sep 28, 2009
Term ends
Aug 10, 2030
Aug 10, 2030
Granted
Jul 3, 2012
Jul 3, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
316
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.
5
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 316 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 Sep 28, 2009, when this application, 12/568,391, was filed | Sep 28, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +316 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 10, 2030 | 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 | Aug 10, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,212,178 | this patent Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,168,921 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,164,025 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,895,773 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 10,099,316 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
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 4, 2009 Reel 23467, frame 360 | Kunas, Bradley; Hankus, John; Evans, Dave Colin; Banderob, Joseph William; Easton, Robert C. | Klein Tools, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58520, frame 517 | Klein Tools, Inc.; General Machine Products (KT), LLC; Tenacious Holdings, Inc.; Zah Group, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Assistant | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 10, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 316 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
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