Term ends Nov 26, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 6, 2029
Held by Upstart Power, Inc.
Filed Nov 19, 2013 as application 14/083,854 · Granted May 17, 2016
Base term plus 293 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 6, 2009
Feb 6, 2009
Term ends
Nov 26, 2029
Nov 26, 2029
Granted
May 17, 2016
May 17, 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
293
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 293 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 Feb 6, 2009, when application 12/367,168, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 19, 2013) | Feb 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +293 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 26, 2029 | 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 | Nov 26, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,304,122 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,614,023 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 9,343,758 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2015 Reel 35748, frame 937 | Protonex Technology Corporation | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Sep 28, 2015 Reel 36700, frame 203 | Silicon Valley Bank | Protonex Technology Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 8, 2016 Reel 38232, frame 338 | Poshusta, Joseph C.; Booten, Charles W.; Martin, Jerry L. | Protonex Technology Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 21, 2018 Reel 47841, frame 877 | Protonex Technology Corporation | Upstart Power, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 13, 2020 Reel 51497, frame 597 | Upstart Power, Inc. | Windsail Capital Fund, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Apr 13, 2021 Reel 55899, frame 517 | Windsail Capital Fund, L.p. | Upstart Power, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 26, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 293 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
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