Term ends Nov 25, 2031 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Ames Tools Corporation

Filed Jun 1, 2011 as application 13/151,271 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Base term plus 177 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Nov 25, 2031

2011 2031

Clock starts
Jun 1, 2011

Term ends
Nov 25, 2031

Granted
Jul 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

177

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.

This patent's term runs 177 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 Jun 1, 2011, when this application, 13/151,271, was filed	Jun 1, 2031	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+177 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Nov 25, 2031	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 25, 2031	High confidence

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
May 6, 2014 Reel 32833, frame 909	Wrobel, Steven J.	Axia Acquisition Corporation; Graco Inc.	Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
May 6, 2014 Reel 32833, frame 944	Horning, Jeromy D.	Axia Acquisition Corporation; Graco Inc.	Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
May 6, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Horning, Jeromy D.	Axia Acquisition Corporation	Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
May 6, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Horning, Jeromy D.	Graco Inc.	Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
May 6, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Wrobel, Steven J.	Axia Acquisition Corporation	Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
May 6, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Wrobel, Steven J.	Graco Inc.	Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
Jul 14, 2014 Reel 33304, frame 140	Jungklaus, Matthew W.	Axia Acquisition Corporation; Graco Inc.	Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
Jul 14, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Jungklaus, Matthew W.	Axia Acquisition Corporation	Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
Jul 14, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Jungklaus, Matthew W.	Graco Inc.	Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
Feb 8, 2017 Reel 41202, frame 976	Axia Acquisition Corporation	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 20, 2017 Reel 43636, frame 580	Axia Acquisition Corporation	LBC Credit Agency Services, LLC	Security Interest
Oct 17, 2017 Reel 44968, frame 761	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Axia Acquisition Holding Corporation	Release
Oct 19, 2021 Reel 57859, frame 357	Axia Acquisition Corporation	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Nature of Conveyance Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel: 041202 Frame: 0976. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Jan 26, 2022 Reel 58778, frame 513	Ames Tools Corporation	Wells Fargo Bank, N.a.	Security Interest
May 10, 2023 Reel 63606, frame 450	LBC Credit Agency Services, LLC	Axia Acquisition Corporation	Release of Security Interest
May 12, 2023 Reel 63633, frame 308	Ames Tools Corporation (F/K/A Axia Acquisition Corporation)	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent	Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement
May 25, 2023 Reel 63767, frame 842	Axia Acquisition Corporation; Ames Taping Tools Holding LLC; Axia Acquisition Holding Corporation; Axia Acquisition Corporation	Ames Tools Corporation	Merger and Change of Name
Sep 4, 2025 Reel 72804, frame 308	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG) as Collateral Agent	Ames Tools Corporation	Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement Recorded at RF 063633/0308
Sep 5, 2025 Reel 72812, frame 877	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Ames Tools Corporation	Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents and Trademarks

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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What's changing

Nov 2031

Term ends Nov 25, 2031. No further fees fall due before then

Note

The 177 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

later US patents cite this one

That is below the median 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.

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