Lapsed May 6, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 27, 2032
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Also Energy, Inc.
Filed Jan 27, 2012 as application 13/359,593 · Granted May 6, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 38 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 6, 2026
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jan 27, 2012
Jan 27, 2012
No longer in force
May 6, 2026
May 6, 2026
Granted
May 6, 2014
May 6, 2014
Term would have run to
Mar 5, 2032
Mar 5, 2032
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
38
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
16
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 5, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 38 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 27, 2012, when this application, 13/359,593, was filed | Jan 27, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +38 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 5, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 6, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,053,929 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,214,270 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,975,783 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,142,960 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 8,725,437 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 8,970,068 | In force (reinstated) Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 8,716,999 | this patent May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,106,105 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2012 Reel 27605, frame 759 | Williams, Bertrand J. | Solar Power Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2012 Reel 29088, frame 887 | Solar Power Technologies Incorporated | Draker, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 16, 2013 Reel 31421, frame 182 | Draker, Inc. | Comerica Bank, a Texas Banking Association | Security Agreement |
| Sep 18, 2015 Reel 36601, frame 900 | Comerica Bank | Draker, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 21, 2016 Reel 37550, frame 319 | Draker, Inc. | Blued Acquisition Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2019 Reel 48501, frame 835 | Draker Corporation | Also Energy, Inc. | Asset Purchase Agreement |
Sources
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Note
The 38 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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