Term ends no later than Feb 7, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 31, 2032
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Black & Decker Inc.
Filed May 30, 2013 as application 13/986,732 · Granted Nov 28, 2017
Base term plus 982 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2035
Clock starts
May 31, 2012
May 31, 2012
Ends no later than
Feb 7, 2035
Feb 7, 2035
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Nov 28, 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
982
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
16
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 982 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 May 31, 2012, when application 13/485,007, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 30, 2013) | May 31, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +982 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 7, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Feb 7, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,643,305 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 9,486,904 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 9,469,021 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| Application 13/815,709 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,229,995 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 9,649,755 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 9,498,871 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,827,658 | this patent no later than Feb 2035 | no later than Feb 2035 |
8 of 16 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 30, 2013 Reel 30584, frame 783 | Gregory, Larry E.; Baron, Michael P.; Brendel, Lee M.; Hagan, Todd A.; Garber, Stuart E. | Black & Decker Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2035
Term ends no later than Feb 7, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 982 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Feb 7, 2035. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
62
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.