Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 28, 2019 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Aug 27, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 18, 2030
Held by Gentherm Incorporated
Filed May 18, 2010 as application 12/782,569 · Granted May 26, 2015
Base term plus 1197 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2033
Clock starts
May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010
Term ends
Aug 27, 2033
Aug 27, 2033
Granted
May 26, 2015
May 26, 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
1,197
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
8
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 1197 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 May 18, 2010, when this application, 12/782,569, was filed | May 18, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1197 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 27, 2033 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 27, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,613,200 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| US 9,038,400 | this patent Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,555,686 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 10,106,011 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| Application 15/414,530 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,203,249 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
6 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2010 Reel 24548, frame 937 | Goenka, Lakhi Nandlal | BSST LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 11, 2012 Reel 28192, frame 16 | Amerigon Incorporated; BSST LLC; ZT Plus, LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 9, 2015 Reel 34925, frame 240 | BSST LLC | Gentherm Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 28, 2019 Reel 49627, frame 311 | Gentherm Incorporated | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 29, 2026 Reel 75854, frame 1 | Gentherm Incorporated | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 8, 2026 Reel 76657, frame 1 | Gentherm Incorporated | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Aug 2033
Term ends Aug 27, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1197 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 2015 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
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