Term ends Dec 19, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 5, 2031
Held by Lear Corporation
Filed Jul 12, 2011 as application 13/181,030 · Granted Apr 26, 2016
Base term plus 228 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
May 5, 2011
May 5, 2011
Term ends
Dec 19, 2031
Dec 19, 2031
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 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
228
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.
6
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 228 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 5, 2011, when application 13/101,592, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2011) | May 5, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +228 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 19, 2031 | 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 | Dec 19, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,876,562 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,325,095 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 8,840,436 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2012/036518 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/036559 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,356,377 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2024 | May 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2011 Reel 26579, frame 413 | Glick, Michael; Pavlovic, Slobodan; Mott, Allen Leo; Sadras-ravindra, Tulasi | Lear Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 20, 2013 Reel 30076, frame 16 | Lear Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 5, 2016 Reel 37702, frame 911 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Lear Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 19, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 228 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
36
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.