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Method for Generating Ultrashort Pulses

US 12,003,071 In force
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Term ends Jun 17, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Oct 19, 2020 as application 17/048,921 · Granted Jun 4, 2024
Base term plus 790 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2041
Clock starts
Apr 19, 2019
Term ends
Jun 17, 2041
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
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
790
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.
2
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 790 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 19, 2019, when application PCT/EP2019/060227, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 19, 2020)Apr 19, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+790 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 17, 2041High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 17, 2041High confidence

This family

US 12,003,071this patent
Jun 2041
Jun 2041
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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
Mar 15, 2022
Reel 59273, frame 689
Institut d'Optique Graduate School (Iogs)École Polytechnique; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Universite Paris SaclayAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Institut d'Optique Graduate School (Iogs)École PolytechniqueAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Institut d'Optique Graduate School (Iogs)Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Institut d'Optique Graduate School (Iogs)Universite Paris SaclayAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2022
Reel 59378, frame 612
Papadopoulos, Dimitrios; Delen, Xavier; Druon, FredericEcole Polytechnique; Institut d'Optique Graduate School (Iogs); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Universite Paris SaclayAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Druon, Frederic; Papadopoulos, Dimitrios; Delen, XavierEcole PolytechniqueAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Druon, Frederic; Papadopoulos, Dimitrios; Delen, XavierInstitut d'Optique Graduate School (Iogs)Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Druon, Frederic; Papadopoulos, Dimitrios; Delen, XavierCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Druon, Frederic; Papadopoulos, Dimitrios; Delen, XavierUniversite Paris SaclayAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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