Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2023 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Sep 17, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 25, 2031
Held by Copeland LP
Filed May 25, 2011 as application 13/115,686 · Granted Mar 1, 2016
Base term plus 481 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
May 25, 2011
May 25, 2011
Term ends
Sep 17, 2032
Sep 17, 2032
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Mar 1, 2016
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
481
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.
2
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 481 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 25, 2011, when this application, 13/115,686, was filed | May 25, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +481 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 17, 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 | Sep 17, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,273,877 | this patent Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 9,709,286 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2011 Reel 26885, frame 313 | Vandermeulen, Peter F.; Hanoka, Jack I. | 7AC Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2021 Reel 55800, frame 396 | 7AC Technologies, Inc. | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64058, frame 724 | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Copeland LP | Entity Conversion |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64278, frame 598 | Copeland LP | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64279, frame 327 | Copeland LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64280, frame 695 | Copeland LP | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 9, 2024 Reel 68241, frame 264 | Copeland LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2032
Term ends Sep 17, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 481 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
103
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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