Also listed on Eaton Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 31, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 31, 2034
Held by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
Filed Oct 30, 2015 as application 14/928,795 · Granted Jul 4, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014
Term ends
Jul 31, 2034
Jul 31, 2034
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Jul 4, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,190,791, to Jul 31, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jul 31, 2014, when application 14/448,043, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 30, 2015) | Jul 31, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,190,791) | resolves to Jul 31, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jul 31, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,190,791 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2015/042945 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,698,548 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,520,703 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2015 Reel 36927, frame 574 | Jaena, Mario L.; Gulkarov, Vladimir; Folk, Isaac | Power Distribution, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2017 Reel 41074, frame 203 | Power Distribution, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jan 25, 2017 Reel 41085, frame 210 | Power Distribution, Inc. | Virtus Group, LP | Security Interest |
| Mar 28, 2017 Reel 42104, frame 938 | Power Distribution, Inc. | Virtus Group, LP | Amended and Restated Security Agreement |
| Feb 25, 2020 Reel 51922, frame 144 | Virtus Group, LP, as Agent | Power Distribution, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 13, 2025 Reel 70501, frame 959 | Power Distribution, Inc. | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 31, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,190,791, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
19
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.