Term ends Aug 24, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 5, 2029
Held by Siemens Industry, Inc.
Filed Sep 28, 2013 as application 14/040,640 · Granted Feb 21, 2017
Base term plus 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Sep 5, 2009
Sep 5, 2009
Term ends
Aug 24, 2030
Aug 24, 2030
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Feb 21, 2017
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
353
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.
26
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 353 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 Sep 5, 2009, when application 12/584,444, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 28, 2013) | Sep 5, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +353 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 24, 2030 | 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 24, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,457,793 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,587,225 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,002,522 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,994,295 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,323,233 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,909,380 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 9,575,478 | this patent Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 9,807,849 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
8 of 26 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 28, 2013 Reel 31304, frame 8 | Ericsson, Bo E.; Mohan, Tanuj; Gupta, Saurabh | Enlighted, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2016 Reel 37631, frame 651 | Enlighted, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 21, 2021 Reel 57883, frame 238 | Enlighted, Inc. | Building Robotics, Inc. | Merger |
| Oct 22, 2025 Reel 73156, frame 424 | Building Robotics, Inc. | Siemens Industry, Inc. | Merger |
| Feb 10, 2026 Reel 74526, frame 856 | Pacific Western Bank | Enlighted, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 24, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 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.