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Photovoltaic Module

US 8,404,967 In force
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Term ends Jan 14, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Jul 1, 2010 as application 12/811,493 · Granted Mar 26, 2013
Base term plus 144 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jan 7, 2009
Term ends
Jan 14, 2028
Granted
Mar 26, 2013
base term after the term ends 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
144
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,319,093.
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.
12
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 144 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
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 Jul 1, 2010)Jan 7, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+144 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 31, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,319,093)capped to Jan 14, 2028High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 14, 2028High confidence

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US 8,319,093In force
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8 of 12 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 10, 2018
Reel 44581, frame 949
Kalkanoglu, Husnu M, MR.; Jacobs, Gregory F, MR.; Shiao, Ming Liang, MR.CertainTeed CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 29, 2022
Reel 61569, frame 680
CertainTeed CorporationCertainTeed LLCConversion

Sources

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

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