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Photovoltaic Module

US 11,012,026 In force
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Term ends Jan 7, 2029 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Aug 17, 2020 as application 16/995,448 · Granted May 18, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jan 7, 2009
Term ends
Jan 7, 2029
Granted
May 18, 2021
base term 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
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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. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 7, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/030253, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 17, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 7, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 7, 2029Medium confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 18, 2020
Reel 53520, frame 419
Kalkanoglu, Husnu M.; Jacobs, Gregory F.; Shiao, Ming LiangCertainTeed CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 15, 2020
Reel 53782, frame 62
CertainTeed CorporationCertainTeed LLCChange of Name
Sep 15, 2020
Reel 53773, frame 698
CertainTeed LLCCertainTeed LLCMerger
Sep 15, 2020
Reel 53782, frame 95
CertainTeed LLCCertainTeed LLCChange of Name
Aug 26, 2025
Reel 72576, frame 234
CertainTeed CorporationCertainTeed LLCChange of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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