Lapsed Aug 12, 2018 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 11, 2031
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by BorgWarner Inc.
Filed Jul 11, 2011 as application 13/180,342 · Granted Aug 12, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 310 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 12, 2018
2011
2032
Clock starts
Jul 11, 2011
Jul 11, 2011
No longer in force
Aug 12, 2018
Aug 12, 2018
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 2014
Term would have run to
May 16, 2032
May 16, 2032
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
310
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
7
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 May 16, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 310 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 Jul 11, 2011, when this application, 13/180,342, was filed | Jul 11, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +310 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 16, 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 12, 2018 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 12, 2018 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,692,425 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,659,190 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 8,803,381 | this patent Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 |
| US 8,851,936 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 8,624,452 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,803,380 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,948,052 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2011 Reel 26941, frame 948 | Lepres, Attila; Komlossy, Karoly; Andejcsik, Gabor | Remy Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2013 Reel 29923, frame 933 | Remy International, Inc.; Remy Inc.; Remy Technologies, L.l.c.; Reman Holdings, L.l.c.; Remy Electric Motors, L.l.c. | Bank of America. N.A., as Agent | Grant of Patent Security Interest (IP Security Agreement Supplement) |
| Mar 15, 2013 Reel 30004, frame 389 | Remy Technologies, L.l.c.; Remy Power Products, LLC | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 12, 2015 Reel 37100, frame 484 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Remy Holdings, Inc. (Formerly Named Remy International, Inc.); Remy Inc.; Remy Technologies, L.l.c.; Reman Holdings, L.l.c.; Remy Electric Motors, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 029923/0933 |
| Nov 12, 2015 Reel 37108, frame 703 | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, L.L.C. | Remy Technologies, L.l.c.; Remy Power Products, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 030004/0389 |
| Nov 12, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Remy Holdings, Inc. (Formerly Named Remy International, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 029923/0933 |
| Nov 12, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Remy Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 029923/0933 |
| Nov 12, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Remy Technologies, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 029923/0933 |
| Nov 12, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Reman Holdings, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 029923/0933 |
| Nov 12, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Remy Electric Motors, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 029923/0933 |
| Nov 12, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, L.L.C. | Remy Technologies, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 030004/0389 |
| Nov 12, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, L.L.C. | Remy Power Products, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 030004/0389 |
| Aug 14, 2017 Reel 43539, frame 619 | Remy Technologies, L.l.c. | BorgWarner Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
5
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.
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