Lapsed Nov 14, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 28, 2027
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Esco Group LLC
Filed Mar 6, 2015 as application 14/640,999 · Granted Nov 14, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Nov 14, 2025
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 28, 2007
Mar 28, 2007
No longer in force
Nov 14, 2025
Nov 14, 2025
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
Nov 14, 2017
Term would have run to
Mar 28, 2027
Mar 28, 2027
base term
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 8,122,621, to Mar 28, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
13
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 28, 2027: 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. 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 Mar 28, 2007, when application 11/729,502, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2015) | Mar 28, 2027 | 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 8,122,621) | resolves to Mar 28, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 14, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 14, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,882,649 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,122,621 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application 13/369,699 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,689,472 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Application 13/705,562 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,839,535 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,493,930 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,816,254 | this patent Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2016 Reel 39267, frame 771 | Esco Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 7, 2016 Reel 39097, frame 409 | Carpenter, Christopher M.; Conklin, Donald M.; Morris, Ray J.; Bearden, James E.; Durand, Severn D. | Esco Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 25, 2016 Reel 39249, frame 632 | Carpenter, Christopher M.; Conklin, Donald M.; Bearden, James E.; Durand, Severn D.; Radzius, Dziugas | Esco Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 16, 2018 Reel 46356, frame 64 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Esco Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 17, 2018 Reel 46848, frame 493 | Esco Corporation; Esco Group LLC | Esco Group LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,122,621, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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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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