Term ends Mar 13, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 13, 2029
Held by Signify Holding B.V.
Filed May 17, 2011 as application 13/109,503 · Granted Nov 6, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2009
Mar 13, 2009
Term ends
Mar 13, 2029
Mar 13, 2029
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Nov 6, 2012
base term
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 7,954,980, to Mar 13, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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 is 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. 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 Mar 13, 2009, when application 12/403,575, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 17, 2011) | Mar 13, 2029 | 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 7,954,980) | resolves to Mar 13, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Mar 13, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,954,980 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,430,529 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US D636,915 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US D679,846 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,303,142 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,721,120 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,046,231 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
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 1, 2011 Reel 26846, frame 508 | Bryant, Christopher Michael; Christ, James Richard | Cooper Technologies Compnay | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2019 Reel 48207, frame 819 | Cooper Technologies Company | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 11, 2019 Reel 48655, frame 114 | Cooper Technologies Company | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Cover Sheet to Remove Application No. 15567271 Previously Recorded on Reel 048207 Frame 0819. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 18, 2020 Reel 52681, frame 475 | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | Signify Holding B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 12, 2020 Reel 55965, frame 721 | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | Signify Holding B.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Numbers 12183490, 12183499, 12494944, 12961315, 13528561, 13600790, 13826197, 14605880, 15186648, Recorded in Error Previously Recorded on Reel 052681 Frame 0475. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 13, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,954,980, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.