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Drive Module and Manifold for Electric Motor Drive Assembly

US 8,541,915 in-force Workhorse Group Inc · Filed Oct 28, 2011 · Granted Sep 24, 2013

Also listed on Amp LLC, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 16, 2031

Base term plus 49 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires Dec 2031
2011 2031
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2011
Granted
Sep 24, 2013
Term ends
Dec 16, 2031
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 8, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
49
Days of PTA
1
Applications in this family

This patent's term runs 49 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Oct 28, 2011Oct 28, 2031High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustment+49 days, USPTO PTA recordDec 16, 2031High
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 16, 2031High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2011-10-28+20y | =2031-10-28 | PTA+49d=2031-12-16 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2017-05-25,8yr@2020-09-28,12yr@2024-09-27 | status=in-force@2031-12-16

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 28, 2011
Reel 27138, frame 116
Burns, Stephen S.; Kowitz, Mickey W.; Wieck, Timothy J.; Wires, Donald L.Amp Electric Vehicles Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 10, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Surefly, Inc.; Workhorse Group Inc.; Workhorse Motor Works Inc. (F/K/A/ Amp Trucks Inc.)Arosa Opportunistic Fund LPIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Jul 10, 2018
Reel 46522, frame 162
Workhorse Motor Works Inc. (F/K/A/ Amp Trucks Inc.); Workhorse Group Inc.; Surefly, Inc.Arosa Opportunistic Fund LPIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Dec 31, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Surefly, Inc.; Workhorse Group Inc.; Workhorse Motor Works Inc; Workhorse Technologies Inc.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Dec 31, 2018
Reel 47876, frame 342
Workhorse Group Inc.; Workhorse Technologies Inc.; Workhorse Motor Works Inc; Surefly, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Jan 3, 2019
Reel 47890, frame 124
Arosa Opportunistic Fund LPWorkhorse Group Inc.Security Interest
Feb 5, 2019
Reel 48262, frame 220
Amp Electric Vehicles Inc.Workhorse Technologies Inc.Change of Name
Dec 12, 2019
Reel 51256, frame 770
Workhorse Technologies Inc.Workhorse Group Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 16, 2019
Reel 51317, frame 748
Workhorse Group Inc.HT Investments Ma LLC, as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Dec 16, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationWorkhorse Group Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property at Reel/Frame No. 47876/0342
Dec 16, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationWorkhorse Technologies Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property at Reel/Frame No. 47876/0342
Dec 16, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationWorkhorse Motor Works IncTermination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property at Reel/Frame No. 47876/0342
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