Term ends Dec 10, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2026
Held by Terrapower, LLC
Filed Feb 12, 2008 as application 12/069,908 · Granted Jan 5, 2016
Base term plus 2569 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2033
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2006
Nov 28, 2006
Term ends
Dec 10, 2033
Dec 10, 2033
Granted
Jan 5, 2016
Jan 5, 2016
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
2,569
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
23
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 2569 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 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 Nov 28, 2006, when applications 11/605,848, 11/605,933 and 11/605,943, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Feb 12, 2008) | Nov 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2569 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 10, 2033 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 10, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,860,207 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| Application 11/605,943 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/605,933 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2007/024392 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/024375 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/024445 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,275,759 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 9,230,695 | this patent Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
8 of 23 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, 2008 Reel 20853, frame 970 | Ahlfeld, Charles E.; Gilleland, John Rogers; Hyde, Roderick A.; Ishikawa, Muriel Y.; McAlees, David G.; Myhrvold, Nathan P.; Whitmer, Charles; Wood, JR., Lowell L. | Searete LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 24, 2014 Reel 32754, frame 810 | Searete LLC | Terrapower, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's 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
Dec 2033
Term ends Dec 10, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 2569 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 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.