Term ends Mar 7, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 22, 2026
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed May 19, 2010 as application 12/783,069 · Granted Nov 26, 2013
Base term plus 471 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2006
Nov 22, 2006
Term ends
Mar 7, 2028
Mar 7, 2028
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Nov 26, 2013
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
471
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.
10
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 471 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 Nov 22, 2006, when application 11/562,867, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 19, 2010) | Nov 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +471 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 7, 2028 | 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 | Mar 7, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,749,479 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2007/083886 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,591,859 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,734,754 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2022 | May 2022 |
| US 8,871,172 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 9,121,112 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| US 9,340,905 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 9,677,195 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2010 Reel 24864, frame 16 | Hexcel Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2013 Reel 30724, frame 287 | Hexcel Corporation; Hexcel Holdings Luxembourg S.A.R.L. | RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Sep 3, 2013 Reel 31140, frame 729 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Hexcel Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 24, 2014 Reel 33813, frame 565 | Citizens Bank, National Association (F/K/A RBS Citizens, N.A.) | Hexcel Corporation | Termination of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 2, 2014 Reel 33887, frame 199 | Citizens Bank, National Association | Hexcel Corporation; Hexcel Holdings Luxembourg S.À.R.L. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, National Association | Hexcel Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, National Association | Hexcel Holdings Luxembourg S.À.R.L. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 7, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 471 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.