Also listed on Johnson Controls Denmark APS, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 19, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2031
Held by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Danish Technological Institute and Johnson Controls Denmark APS
Filed Sep 14, 2012 as application 13/635,386 · Granted Nov 15, 2016
Base term plus 523 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2011
Mar 15, 2011
Term ends
Aug 19, 2032
Aug 19, 2032
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Nov 15, 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
523
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 523 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 Mar 15, 2011, when application PCT/JP2011/001511, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 14, 2012) | Mar 15, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +523 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 19, 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 | Aug 19, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,494,154 | this patent Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2012 Reel 28965, frame 273 | Fujisawa, Ryo; Toshima, Masatake; Kanemura, Toshikatsu; Nakayama, Yoshihiro; Iizuka, Koichiro; Ide, Satoshi; Suto, Kunihiko; Kurashige, Kazutaka; Sakuraba, Ichirou; Hayashi, Daisuke; Sugano, Keiji; Shato, Shinji; Madsboll, Hans; Kristensen, Klaus Damgaard | Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated; Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated; The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.; Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho; Danish Technological Institute; Johnson Controls Denmark APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Hayashi, Daisuke; Sakuraba, Ichirou; Kurashige, Kazutaka; Suto, Kunihiko; Fujisawa, Ryo; Ide, Satoshi; Iizuka, Koichiro; Kanemura, Toshikatsu; Nakayama, Yoshihiro; Toshima, Masatake; Shato, Shinji; Sugano, Keiji; Madsboll, Hans; Kristensen, Klaus Damgaard | Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Hayashi, Daisuke; Sakuraba, Ichirou; Kurashige, Kazutaka; Suto, Kunihiko; Fujisawa, Ryo; Ide, Satoshi; Iizuka, Koichiro; Kanemura, Toshikatsu; Nakayama, Yoshihiro; Toshima, Masatake; Shato, Shinji; Sugano, Keiji; Madsboll, Hans; Kristensen, Klaus Damgaard | Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Hayashi, Daisuke; Sakuraba, Ichirou; Kurashige, Kazutaka; Suto, Kunihiko; Fujisawa, Ryo; Ide, Satoshi; Iizuka, Koichiro; Kanemura, Toshikatsu; Nakayama, Yoshihiro; Toshima, Masatake; Shato, Shinji; Sugano, Keiji; Madsboll, Hans; Kristensen, Klaus Damgaard | The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Hayashi, Daisuke; Sakuraba, Ichirou; Kurashige, Kazutaka; Suto, Kunihiko; Fujisawa, Ryo; Ide, Satoshi; Iizuka, Koichiro; Kanemura, Toshikatsu; Nakayama, Yoshihiro; Toshima, Masatake; Shato, Shinji; Sugano, Keiji; Madsboll, Hans; Kristensen, Klaus Damgaard | Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Hayashi, Daisuke; Sakuraba, Ichirou; Kurashige, Kazutaka; Suto, Kunihiko; Fujisawa, Ryo; Ide, Satoshi; Iizuka, Koichiro; Kanemura, Toshikatsu; Nakayama, Yoshihiro; Toshima, Masatake; Shato, Shinji; Sugano, Keiji; Madsboll, Hans; Kristensen, Klaus Damgaard | Danish Technological Institute | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Hayashi, Daisuke; Sakuraba, Ichirou; Kurashige, Kazutaka; Suto, Kunihiko; Fujisawa, Ryo; Ide, Satoshi; Iizuka, Koichiro; Kanemura, Toshikatsu; Nakayama, Yoshihiro; Toshima, Masatake; Shato, Shinji; Sugano, Keiji; Madsboll, Hans; Kristensen, Klaus Damgaard | Johnson Controls Denmark APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2020 Reel 52156, frame 624 | Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated | Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated; The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.; Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.); Danish Technological Institute; Johnson Controls Denmark APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2020 Reel 52189, frame 289 | Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated | Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Mar 18, 2020 Reel 52189, frame 672 | Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho | Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) | Change of Name |
| Mar 18, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated | Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated | The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated | Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated | Danish Technological Institute | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated | Johnson Controls Denmark APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Aug 2032
Term ends Aug 19, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
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Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
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