Term ends Nov 19, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 13, 2032
Held by Allison Transmission, Inc.
Filed Sep 24, 2014 as application 14/494,965 · Granted Apr 17, 2018
Base term plus 616 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
Term ends
Nov 19, 2033
Nov 19, 2033
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018
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
616
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
7
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 616 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Mar 13, 2012, when application 13/419,105, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 24, 2014) | Mar 13, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +616 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 19, 2033 | 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 | Nov 19, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,692,425 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,659,190 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 8,803,381 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 |
| US 8,851,936 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 8,624,452 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,803,380 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,948,052 | this patent Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
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 24, 2014 Reel 33807, frame 612 | Gale, Richard; Chamberlin, Bradley | Remy Technologies, L.l.c. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 24, 2014 Reel 33807, frame 667 | Remy Technologies, L.l.c. | Allison Transmission, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2033
Term ends Nov 19, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 616 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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
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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.