Also listed on Thorn Security Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 4, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 4, 2031
Held by Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
Filed Aug 2, 2013 as application 13/877,056 · Granted Oct 6, 2015
Base term plus 274 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Oct 4, 2011
Oct 4, 2011
Term ends
Jul 4, 2032
Jul 4, 2032
Granted
Oct 6, 2015
Oct 6, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
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
274
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.
4
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 274 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 Oct 4, 2011, when application PCT/GB2011/001444, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 2, 2013) | Oct 4, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +274 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 4, 2032 | 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 | Jul 4, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,153,968 | this patent Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,673,615 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 10,069,293 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2013 Reel 30931, frame 718 | Meah, Faruk; Naish, Andrew D.; Bennett, Steven Ian | Thorn Security Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 6, 2015 Reel 36795, frame 608 | Thorn Security Ltd. | Tyco Fire & Security GmbH | Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement |
| Jan 29, 2019 Reel 49671, frame 756 | Tyco Fire & Security GmbH | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 30, 2021 Reel 58599, frame 339 | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP | Johnson Controls US Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 30, 2021 Reel 58599, frame 922 | Johnson Controls US Holdings LLC | Johnson Controls Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 30, 2021 Reel 58600, frame 47 | Johnson Controls Inc. | Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2024 Reel 66740, frame 208 | Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP | Tyco Fire & Security GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2032
Term ends Jul 4, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 274 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.