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Systems and Methods for Automatic Real-Time Capacity Assessment for Use in Real-Time Power Analytics of an Electrical Power Distribution System

US 8,959,006 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Apr 23, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Apr 12, 2007 as application 11/734,707 · Granted Feb 17, 2015
Base term plus 1143 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2007
Term ends
Apr 23, 2028
Granted
Feb 17, 2015
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,143
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,840,395.
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.
91
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 1143 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 14, 2007, when application 11/674,994, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 12, 2007)Feb 14, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1143 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 2, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,840,395)capped to Apr 23, 2028High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 23, 2028High confidence

This family

US 7,826,990In force
Jun 2029
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US 7,844,439In force
Nov 2028
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Application PCT/US2007/006195PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,036,872Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2015
Oct 2015
Application PCT/US2007/066567PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,840,395Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2022
Nov 2022
US 8,959,006this patent
Apr 2028
Apr 2028
Application PCT/US2007/072344PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
8 of 91 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 22, 2007
Reel 19468, frame 13
Nasle, AdibEdsa Micro CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 13, 2010
Reel 24823, frame 959
Edsa Micro CorporationDP Three LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 1, 2012
Reel 27649, frame 941
Edsa Micro CorporationPower Analytics CorporationChange of Name
Aug 27, 2014
Reel 33645, frame 715
DP Three LLCPower Analytics CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Sep 21, 2016
Reel 39820, frame 257
Power Analytics CorporationPacific Western BankSecurity Interest
Jul 28, 2017
Reel 43133, frame 976
Pacific Western BankPower Analytics CorporationRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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