Term ends Feb 25, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 25, 2029
Filed Nov 6, 2012 as application 13/670,235 · Granted Feb 18, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 25, 2009
Feb 25, 2009
Term ends
Feb 25, 2029
Feb 25, 2029
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Feb 18, 2014
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,420,258, US 8,658,310, to Feb 25, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
40
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 25, 2009, when application 12/392,525, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 6, 2012) | Feb 25, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,420,258, US 8,658,310) | resolves to Feb 25, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Feb 25, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,420,258 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2009/035195 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,481,214 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| Application 61/578,545 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,658,310 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,652,683 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,412,998 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 9,941,709 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
8 of 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2013 Reel 30296, frame 442 | Rojeski, Ronald A. | Catalyst Power Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2016 Reel 38124, frame 115 | Catalyst Power Technologies, Inc. | CPT IP Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 12, 2016 Reel 39996, frame 478 | CPT IP Holdings, LLC | Traverse Technologies Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2017 Reel 41333, frame 1 | Motheye Technologies, LLC; Synchronicity IP LLC; Traverse Technologies Corp.; 3D Nanocolor Corp.; Bismarck IP Inc.; Magnus IP GmbH; Munitech IP S.À.R.L.; Vermilion Participations; Marathon Ventures S.À.R.L; Nyanza Properties; Marathon IP GmbH; Orthophoenix, LLC; Medtech Development Deutschland GmbH; Synchronicity IP GmbH; Tli Communications GmbH | DBD Credit Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 13, 2018 Reel 45535, frame 786 | Traverse Technologies Corp. | CF Traverse LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 3, 2024 Reel 68473, frame 389 | DBD Credit Funding LLC | CF Traverse LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 20, 2024 Reel 69347, frame 777 | CF Traverse LLC | Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 25, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,420,258, US 8,658,310, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
20
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.