Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 19, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Feb 22, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 25, 2032
Held by Generac Power Systems, Inc.
Filed Sep 28, 2015 as application 14/867,221 · Granted Feb 6, 2018
Base term plus 273 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
May 25, 2012
May 25, 2012
Term ends
Feb 22, 2033
Feb 22, 2033
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Feb 6, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
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
273
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,148,016, to Feb 22, 2033. 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 runs 273 days past its 20-year base term on 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 May 25, 2012, when application 13/481,404, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 28, 2015) | May 25, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +273 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 22, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,148,016) | resolves to Feb 22, 2033, 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 | Feb 22, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,148,016 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 9,886,051 | this patent Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,732,659 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 11,275,398 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2015 Reel 36667, frame 909 | Kaufman, Joshua Daniel; Polito, Benjamin Francis; Richtman, Keith Thomas | Pika Energy LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 24, 2017 Reel 41372, frame 598 | Pika Energy LLC | Pika Energy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 22, 2019 Reel 48957, frame 819 | Pika Energy LLC | Pika Energy, Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Apr 23, 2019 Reel 48973, frame 571 | Pika Energy LLC | Pika Energy, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Dec 6, 2019 Reel 51213, frame 228 | Pika Energy, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Dec 10, 2019 Reel 51232, frame 1 | Pika Energy, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2022 Reel 59610, frame 528 | Pika Energy, Inc. | Generac Power Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 29, 2022 Reel 60541, frame 840 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Generac Power Systems, Inc.; Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.; Pika Energy, Inc.; Generac Mobile Products, LLC (F/K/A Magnum Power Products, LLC) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 29, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Generac Power Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 29, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 29, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Pika Energy, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 29, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Generac Mobile Products, LLC (F/K/A Magnum Power Products, LLC) | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 19, 2022 Reel 61476, frame 745 | Generac Power Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2033
Term ends Feb 22, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 273 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,148,016, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.