Term ends Apr 18, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 18, 2034
Held by Solarcity Corporation
Filed Apr 18, 2014 as application 14/256,657 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2014
Apr 18, 2014
Term ends
Apr 18, 2034
Apr 18, 2034
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Feb 3, 2015
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
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.
3
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 18, 2014, when this application, 14/256,657, was filed | Apr 18, 2034 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 18, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,946,540 | this patent Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| Application 14/577,222 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2015/025269 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2014 Reel 32932, frame 82 | West, John R.; Tripp, Kyle; Haines, Alex | Zep Solar, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 23, 2015 Reel 35496, frame 341 | Zep Solar LLC | Solarcity Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2034
Term ends Apr 18, 2034. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
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