Term ends Nov 16, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 16, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Vault Pressure Control LLC
Filed Mar 30, 2015 as application 14/673,178 · Granted Feb 14, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2012
Nov 16, 2012
Term ends
Nov 16, 2032
Nov 16, 2032
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Feb 14, 2017
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
10
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Nov 16, 2012, when applications 13/679,553 and 13/679,653, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Mar 30, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 16, 2032 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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 16, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,998,166 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 9,212,758 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 8,991,420 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 9,568,117 | this patent Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 10,132,422 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,774,945 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 11,015,733 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 11,326,712 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2015 Reel 35290, frame 141 | Adams, Keith M.; Cheatham, Lloyd R.; McEvoy, Travis Kyle | GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 26, 2020 Reel 51699, frame 158 | General Electric Company | Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2020 Reel 54302, frame 559 | Vault Pressure Control LLC | Siena Lending Group LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2020 Reel 54330, frame 1 | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC; Baker Hughes Pressure Control LP; Vetco Gray, LLC; Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC; Dresser, LLC; Bently Nevada, LLC; Baker Hughes Energy Services LLC | Vault Pressure Control LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2032
Term ends Nov 16, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
35
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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