Term ends Dec 3, 2028 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Thales S.A.

Filed Jun 21, 2011 as application 12/995,169 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Dec 3, 2028

2008 2028

Clock starts
Dec 3, 2008

Term ends
Dec 3, 2028

Granted
Jun 21, 2016

base term 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

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

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.

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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 3, 2008, when application PCT/GB2008/003997, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 21, 2011)	Dec 3, 2028	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	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 3, 2028	High confidence

This family

US 9,372,263	this patent Dec 2028	Dec 2028
US 10,585,171	In force Jun 2030	Jun 2030

2 of 3 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
Jun 21, 2011 Reel 26476, frame 564	Oswald, Gordon Kenneth Andrew; Webster, Craig Duncan; Smithson, Allan Geoffrey	Cambridge Consultants Limited	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 17, 2013 Reel 30620, frame 915	Cambridge Consultants Limited	Aveillant Limited	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 28, 2020 Reel 52770, frame 92	Aveillant Limited	Aveillant Limited	Change of Address
Jan 18, 2024 Reel 66172, frame 320	Aveillant Limited	Thales S.A.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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What's changing

Dec 2028

Term ends Dec 3, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Citations

later US patents cite this one

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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.

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