Term ends Sep 9, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 25, 2039
Held by Soitec
Filed Jan 27, 2021 as application 17/263,880 · Granted Dec 19, 2023
Base term plus 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
Jul 25, 2019
Jul 25, 2019
Term ends
Sep 9, 2040
Sep 9, 2040
Granted
Dec 19, 2023
Dec 19, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
412
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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 412 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 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 Jul 25, 2019, when application PCT/EP2019/070082, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 27, 2021) | Jul 25, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +412 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 9, 2040 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 9, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,848,663 | this patent Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
| US 12,095,449 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 12,289,100 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2021 Reel 55993, frame 123 | Ballandras, Sylvain; Laroche, Thierry | Frec'n'sys | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2023 Reel 63752, frame 962 | Frec'n'sys | Soitec | Merger |
| Jun 2, 2023 Reel 63844, frame 750 | Frec'n'sys | Soitec | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Data Previously Recorded at Reel: 063752 Frame: 0962. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
| Jun 2, 2023 Reel 64219, frame 104 | Frec'n'sys | Soitec | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 063749 Frame: 0796. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger . |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2040
Term ends Sep 9, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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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.