Term ends no later than Nov 16, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2027
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Econtrols, LLC
Filed Dec 23, 2010 as application 12/978,215 · Granted Oct 16, 2012
Base term plus 140 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2007
Jun 29, 2007
Ends no later than
Nov 16, 2027
Nov 16, 2027
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 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
140
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
4
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 140 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jun 29, 2007, when application 11/823,945, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 23, 2010) | Jun 29, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +140 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 16, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Nov 16, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,006,668 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,176,897 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,136,506 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,286,611 | this patent no later than Nov 2027 | no later than Nov 2027 |
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 18, 2014 Reel 33767, frame 675 | Econtrols, Inc. | Econtrols Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2014 Reel 33767, frame 772 | Econtrols Group, Inc. | Econtrols, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2014 Reel 33767, frame 814 | Econtrols, LLC | Enovation Controls, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2014 Reel 34013, frame 158 | Enovation Controls, LLC | Bokf, NA Dba Bank of Oklahoma, as Admin. Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 29, 2016 Reel 40449, frame 574 | Enovation Controls, LLC | Econtrols, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 6, 2016 Reel 40821, frame 431 | Bokf, NA Dba Bank of Oklahoma, as Administrative Agent | Enovation Controls, LLC | Release |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends no later than Nov 16, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 140 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 16, 2027. We will not guess the cap.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.