Also listed on CP8 Technologies, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 7, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 20, 2021
Held by Thales DIS France SAS
Filed Aug 1, 2007 as application 10/471,323 · Granted Apr 26, 2016
Base term plus 3183 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2001
2030
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2001
Dec 20, 2001
Term ends
Sep 7, 2030
Sep 7, 2030
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 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
3,183
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.
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 3183 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 Dec 20, 2001, when application PCT/FR2001/004124, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 1, 2007) | Dec 20, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +3183 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 7, 2030 | 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 | Sep 7, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,323,955 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2003 Reel 14932, frame 651 | Giraud, Nicolas; Brolh, Abraham; Hameau, Patrice | CP8 Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 20, 2016 Reel 38039, frame 933 | CP8 Technologies S.A. | Gemalto S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2023 Reel 64855, frame 1 | Gemalto S.A. | Thales DIS France S.A. | Change of Name |
| Sep 14, 2023 Reel 64898, frame 413 | Thales DIS France S.A. | Thales DIS France SAS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 7, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 3183 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.