Term ends Mar 8, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 9, 2030
Held by Sensus USA Inc.
Filed Aug 9, 2010 as application 12/852,684 · Granted Apr 22, 2014
Base term plus 577 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2010
Aug 9, 2010
Term ends
Mar 8, 2032
Mar 8, 2032
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
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
577
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.
4
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 577 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 Aug 9, 2010, when this application, 12/852,684, was filed | Aug 9, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +577 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 8, 2032 | 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 | Mar 8, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,701,703 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2011/046683 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,182,052 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 9,261,204 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
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 9, 2010 Reel 24807, frame 765 | Scott, Tim; Steckmann, Dirk; Peace, Daniel W.; Vargas, Doug | Sensus USA Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 12, 2011 Reel 26429, frame 487 | Sensus USA Inc.; M&FC Holding LLC (N/K/A Sensus Spectrum LLC) | Credit Suisse AG, as First Lien Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 13, 2011 Reel 26429, frame 896 | Sensus USA Inc.; M&FC Holding LLC (N/K/A Sensus Spectrum LLC) | Credit Suisse AG, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 19, 2016 Reel 38474, frame 418 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Sensus USA Inc.; Sensus Spectrum LLC; Smith-Blair, Inc. | Release Agreement |
| Apr 19, 2016 Reel 38474, frame 337 | Sensus USA Inc.; Sensus Worldwide Limited; Sensus Spectrum LLC; Smith-Blair, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 19, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Sensus USA Inc. | Release Agreement |
| Apr 19, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Sensus Spectrum LLC | Release Agreement |
| Apr 19, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Smith-Blair, Inc. | Release Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 8, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 577 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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.
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