Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 7, 2019 (Allison Transmission, Inc.).
Term ends Mar 20, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 20, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Power Technology Holdings LLC
Filed Jun 19, 2015 as application 14/745,232 · Granted May 9, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 20, 2012
Mar 20, 2012
Term ends
Mar 20, 2032
Mar 20, 2032
Granted
May 9, 2017
May 9, 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.
7
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 Mar 20, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/029835, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 19, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 20, 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 | Mar 20, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2012/029835 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,283,954 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2013/036431 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,061,680 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,643,593 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,071,647 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 11,225,240 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2015 Reel 35894, frame 693 | Dalum, Joseph T. | Odyne Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2016 Reel 37805, frame 66 | Odyne Systems LLC | Power Technology Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2019 Reel 47920, frame 546 | Odyne Systems, LLC | Allison Transmission, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jan 7, 2019 Reel 47920, frame 678 | Power Technology Holdings, LLC | Allison Transmission, Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 20, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
16
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.
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