Also listed on Raychem International, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 20, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 4, 2032
Held by Ea Technology Limited
Filed Oct 14, 2013 as application 14/111,760 · Granted Jun 6, 2017
Base term plus 715 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2034
Clock starts
Apr 4, 2012
Apr 4, 2012
Term ends
Mar 20, 2034
Mar 20, 2034
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
715
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 715 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 Apr 4, 2012, when application PCT/EP2012/056217, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 14, 2013) | Apr 4, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +715 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 20, 2034 | 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, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,673,626 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bouche, Jean-christophe; McLoughlin, Conor; Quinn, Aidan; Normoyle, Brendan; Allen, Leslie; Foxley, Philipp; McGann, Melvyn | Raychem International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bouche, Jean-christophe; McLoughlin, Conor; Quinn, Aidan; Normoyle, Brendan; Allen, Leslie; Foxley, Philipp; McGann, Melvyn | Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2017 Reel 42387, frame 841 | Normoyle, Brendan; Quinn, Aidan; McGann, Melvyn; Foxley, Philipp; Allen, Leslie; Bouche, Jean-christophe; McLoughlin, Conor | Raychem International; Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 16, 2018 Reel 47242, frame 444 | Raychem International | TE Connectivity Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 16, 2018 Reel 47864, frame 792 | TE Connectivity Ireland Limited; Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. | Ea Technology Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 20, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 715 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
24
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.