Term ends Jan 17, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 17, 2032
Held by Rochester Sensors, LLC
Filed Sep 24, 2012 as application 13/625,655 · Granted Oct 29, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jan 17, 2012
Jan 17, 2012
Term ends
Jan 17, 2032
Jan 17, 2032
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Oct 29, 2013
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 17, 2012, when application 13/352,320, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 24, 2012) | Jan 17, 2032 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 17, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,116,030 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 8,567,244 | this patent Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/057630 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 24, 2012 Reel 29015, frame 143 | Farmanyan, Gagik; Prieto, Jorge Manuel | Rochester Gauges, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 11, 2021 Reel 57756, frame 918 | Rochester Gauges, Inc. | Rochester Gauges, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 27, 2022 Reel 60958, frame 729 | Rochester Gauges, LLC | Rochester Sensors, LLC | Change of Name |
| May 9, 2023 Reel 63575, frame 49 | Rochester Sensors, LLC | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2025 Reel 72261, frame 655 | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Rochester Sensors, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2032
Term ends Jan 17, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
5
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.
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