Also listed on Raychem International, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 29, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 28, 2032
Held by Ea Technology Limited
Filed Dec 27, 2013 as application 14/141,911 · Granted Jun 6, 2017
Base term plus 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Jun 28, 2012
Jun 28, 2012
Term ends
Apr 29, 2033
Apr 29, 2033
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Jun 6, 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
305
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 305 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 Jun 28, 2012, when application PCT/EP2012/062640, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 27, 2013) | Jun 28, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +305 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 29, 2033 | 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 | Apr 29, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,673,003 | this patent Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2014 Reel 32030, frame 729 | Normoyle, Brendan | Raychem International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2014 Reel 32030, frame 893 | Allen, Leslie; McGann, Melvyn | Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2018 Reel 45680, frame 633 | Raychem International | TE Connectivity Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2018 Reel 45542, frame 848 | Tyco Electronics UK Ltd.; TE Connectivity Ireland Limited | Ea Technology Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2018 Reel 46193, frame 86 | Tyco Electronics UK Ltd.; TE Connectivity Ireland Limited | Ea Technology Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded on Reel 045542 Frame 0848. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Apr 2033
Term ends Apr 29, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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