Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 6, 2015 (Wells Fargo, National Association).
Lapsed Dec 16, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 25, 2033
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Itron, Inc.
Filed Feb 25, 2013 as application 13/776,476 · Granted Dec 16, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 16, 2022
2013
2033
Clock starts
Feb 25, 2013
Feb 25, 2013
No longer in force
Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2022
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 2014
Term would have run to
Feb 25, 2033
Feb 25, 2033
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
15
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 Feb 25, 2033: its 20-year base term, with no 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 Feb 25, 2013, when this application, 13/776,476, was filed | Feb 25, 2033 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 16, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 16, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,426,680 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 8,958,506 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 8,934,532 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,077,487 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,252,998 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2020 | Feb 2020 |
| US 8,913,701 | this patent Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 9,014,307 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2014/018408 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 15 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 24, 2014 Reel 32750, frame 865 | Seely, Danny Ray | Itron, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2015 Reel 36068, frame 231 | Itron, Inc. | Wells Fargo, National Association | Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2018 Reel 45017, frame 893 | Itron, Inc.; Itron Networked Solutions, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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Citations
22
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.
How we rank
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