Lapsed Feb 5, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 2, 2029
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Bluffton Motor Works, LLC
Filed Jul 30, 2012 as application 13/562,126 · Granted Feb 5, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Feb 5, 2021
2009
2029
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2009
Apr 2, 2009
No longer in force
Feb 5, 2021
Feb 5, 2021
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Feb 5, 2013
Term would have run to
Apr 2, 2029
Apr 2, 2029
base term
after the term ends
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
2
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Apr 2, 2029: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Apr 2, 2009, when application 12/417,506, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 30, 2012) | Apr 2, 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Feb 5, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 5, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,232,755 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 8,368,333 | this patent Feb 2021 | Feb 2021 |
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 27, 2013 Reel 31737, frame 12 | Sntech Inc.; Sntech Co., Ltd. | Roland, Brent | Security Agreement |
| May 13, 2015 Reel 35629, frame 10 | Sntech, Inc. | Verde Smart Motors, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2015 Reel 36163, frame 54 | Roland, Brent | Sntech, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 8, 2017 Reel 42647, frame 112 | Jeung, Young-chun | Sntech Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2017 Reel 43039, frame 418 | Verde Smart Motors, Inc. | Bluffton Motor Works, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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.