Term ends Aug 27, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 1, 2029
Held by A123 Systems LLC
Filed Dec 1, 2009 as application 12/628,786 · Granted Aug 26, 2014
Base term plus 634 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Dec 1, 2009
Dec 1, 2009
Term ends
Aug 27, 2031
Aug 27, 2031
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 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
634
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.
5
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 634 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 Dec 1, 2009, when this application, 12/628,786, was filed | Dec 1, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +634 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 27, 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 | Aug 27, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,999,546 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 8,257,855 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 8,815,429 | this patent Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2010/020633 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,409,744 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
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 17, 2012 Reel 28801, frame 112 | A123 Systems, Inc. | Wanxiang America Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Jun 17, 2013 Reel 30628, frame 494 | Wanxiang America Corporation | A123 Systems, Inc. | Bankruptcy Order Authorizing the Sale of Assets Free and Clear of All Claims, Liens, Liabilities, Rights, Interests and Encumbrances (Releases Wanxiang Security Interest) |
| Jun 18, 2013 Reel 30639, frame 213 | A123 Systems, Inc. | Wanxiang Clean Energy USA Acquisition LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 18, 2013 Reel 30639, frame 244 | Wanxiang Clean Energy USA Acquisition LLC | A123 Systems LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 11, 2014 Reel 33296, frame 733 | Hostler, Jonathan; Ijaz, Mujeeb; Butt, Shazad M. | A123 Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 27, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 634 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
37
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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