Also listed on Hanergy Global Investment and Sales Pte. Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 29, 2019 (Utica Leaseco, LLC).
Term ends Oct 23, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 23, 2029
Held by Alta Devices, Inc.
Filed Nov 5, 2010 as application 12/940,861 · Granted Nov 25, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 23, 2009
Oct 23, 2009
Term ends
Oct 23, 2029
Oct 23, 2029
Granted
Nov 25, 2014
Nov 25, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,686,284, to Oct 23, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
14
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Oct 23, 2009, when application 12/605,108, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 5, 2010) | Oct 23, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,686,284) | resolves to Oct 23, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 23, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,937,244 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application 12/939,077 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,895,845 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,895,846 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 9,136,418 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 9,178,099 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,768,329 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 10,326,033 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2013 Reel 30192, frame 391 | Alta Devices, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, As Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 16, 2015 Reel 34775, frame 973 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Collateral Agent | Awbscqemgk, Inc. (F/K/A Alta Devices, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2016 Reel 38004, frame 78 | Alta Devices, Inc. | Hanergy Global Investment and Sales Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2016 Reel 38005, frame 990 | Alta Devices, Inc. | Awbscqemgk, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 4, 2016 Reel 38006, frame 457 | Hanergy Acquisition Sub Inc. | Alta Devices, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 11, 2016 Reel 38066, frame 958 | Hanergy Global Investment and Sales Pte. Ltd. | Alta Devices, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 29, 2019 Reel 49027, frame 944 | Alta Devices, Inc. | Utica Leaseco, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2021 Reel 55766, frame 279 | Utica Leaseco, LLC Secured Party | Utica Leaseco, LLC Assignee | Confirmation of Foreclosure Transfer of Patent Rights |
| Aug 9, 2021 Reel 57117, frame 811 | Utica Leaseco, LLC Secured Party | Utica Leaseco, LLC Assignee | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 055766 Frame: 0279. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 28, 2023 Reel 64731, frame 814 | Utica Leaseco, LLC | Tiger Finance, LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 23, 2029.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,686,284, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
13
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.
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.