Term ends Oct 16, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 16, 2027
Held by Atomera Incorporated
Filed Feb 16, 2007 as application 11/675,833 · Granted Feb 1, 2011
Base term plus 973 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Feb 16, 2007
Feb 16, 2007
Term ends
Oct 16, 2029
Oct 16, 2029
Granted
Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011
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
973
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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 973 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Feb 16, 2007, when this application, 11/675,833, was filed | Feb 16, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +973 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 16, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 16, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,880,161 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,389,974 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2007 Reel 19288, frame 668 | Mears, Robert J.; Stephenson, Robert John; Hytha, Marek; Dukovski, Ilija; Yiptong, Jean Augustin Chan Sow Fook; Halilov, Samed; Huang, Xiangyang | Mears Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2007 Reel 19817, frame 236 | RJ Mears, LLC | Mears Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 17, 2015 Reel 35216, frame 473 | Mears Technologies, Inc. | Liquid Venture Partners, LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 11, 2016 Reel 38400, frame 349 | Mears Technologies, Inc. | Atomera Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Sep 3, 2020 Reel 53681, frame 942 | Clifford, Robert | Atomera Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 16, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 973 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
125
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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