Term ends Nov 24, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 24, 2028
Filed May 29, 2009 as application 12/474,594 · Granted Jan 21, 2014
Base term plus 944 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Apr 24, 2008
Apr 24, 2008
Term ends
Nov 24, 2030
Nov 24, 2030
Granted
Jan 21, 2014
Jan 21, 2014
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
944
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.
15
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 944 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 Apr 24, 2008, when application 12/108,581, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 29, 2009) | Apr 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +944 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 24, 2030 | 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 | Nov 24, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,917,904 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 8,634,593 | this patent Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,452,053 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,803,966 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 8,421,859 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 8,332,134 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,699,754 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,487,991 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
8 of 15 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2009 Reel 23072, frame 726 | Zhang, Wende; Naik, Sanjeev M. | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 27, 2009 Reel 23201, frame 118 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | United States Department of the Treasury | Security Agreement |
| Aug 28, 2009 Reel 23162, frame 48 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Uaw Retiree Medical Benefits Trust | Security Agreement |
| Nov 4, 2010 Reel 25246, frame 56 | United States Department of the Treasury | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2010 Reel 25315, frame 91 | Uaw Retiree Medical Benefits Trust | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2010 Reel 25324, frame 555 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Wilmington Trust Company | Security Agreement |
| Feb 10, 2011 Reel 25781, frame 299 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 7, 2014 Reel 34185, frame 789 | Wilmington Trust Company | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2030
Term ends Nov 24, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 944 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
39
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.