Term ends Apr 23, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 23, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Itron Global SARL
Filed Jul 27, 2012 as application 13/560,078 · Granted Mar 20, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2012
Apr 23, 2012
Term ends
Apr 23, 2032
Apr 23, 2032
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Mar 20, 2018
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.
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.
3
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. 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 Apr 23, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/034697, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 27, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 23, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Apr 23, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2012/034697 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,924,242 | this patent Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 10,327,048 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2012 Reel 28692, frame 12 | Van Wyk, Hartman | Itron, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2015 Reel 36068, frame 231 | Itron, Inc. | Wells Fargo, National Association | Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2016 Reel 39373, frame 107 | Itron, Inc. | Itron France S.A.S. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 8, 2016 Reel 39373, frame 137 | Itron France S.A.S. | Itron Global SARL | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2032
Term ends Apr 23, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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