Term ends Oct 29, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 10, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Automated Wiring Systems, LLC
Filed May 2, 2012 as application 13/462,572 · Granted Feb 9, 2016
Base term plus 49 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Sep 10, 2010
Sep 10, 2010
Term ends
Oct 29, 2030
Oct 29, 2030
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
Feb 9, 2016
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
49
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.
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 runs 49 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 10, 2010, when application 13/385,577, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 2, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 10, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +49 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 29, 2030 | 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 | Oct 29, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,442,664 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,257,808 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,721,702 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
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 16, 2014 Reel 32690, frame 426 | Guglielmo, Kennon; Peterson, Eric | Econtrols, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 28, 2015 Reel 36450, frame 63 | Econtrols, LLC | Automated Wiring Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 29, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 49 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 2016 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.