Term ends Mar 27, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 6, 2029
Held by Upstart Power, Inc.
Filed Feb 6, 2009 as application 12/367,168 · Granted Nov 6, 2012
Base term plus 779 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Feb 6, 2009
Feb 6, 2009
Term ends
Mar 27, 2031
Mar 27, 2031
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Nov 6, 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
779
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 779 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 Feb 6, 2009, when this application, 12/367,168, was filed | Feb 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +779 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 27, 2031 | 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 | Mar 27, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,304,122 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,614,023 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 9,343,758 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2009 Reel 22223, frame 524 | Poshusta, Joseph C.; Booten, Charles W.; Martin, Jerry L. | Protonex Technology Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 11, 2013 Reel 29964, frame 733 | Protonex Technology Corporation | Windsail Capital III, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Mar 11, 2013 Reel 30062, frame 501 | Protonex Technology Corporation | Silicon Valley Bank | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2015 Reel 35748, frame 937 | Protonex Technology Corporation | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Sep 28, 2015 Reel 36700, frame 203 | Silicon Valley Bank | Protonex Technology Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 1, 2015 Reel 36742, frame 604 | Windsail Capital III, LLC | Protonex Technology Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 21, 2018 Reel 47841, frame 877 | Protonex Technology Corporation | Upstart Power, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 13, 2020 Reel 51497, frame 597 | Upstart Power, Inc. | Windsail Capital Fund, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Apr 13, 2021 Reel 55899, frame 517 | Windsail Capital Fund, L.p. | Upstart Power, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 27, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 779 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
60
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.
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