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123 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 5 name spellings.

Previously recorded as Areva Inc. (to 2018)

Ending by 2030

Sep 2030

Next term end

When these terms end

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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

5 fees due Dec 6 to 25, 2026 · next Dec 6
5 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
1 fee due Mar 24, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method of Preparing Irradiation Targets for Radioisotope Production and Irradiation Target (US 10,424,417) comes due Mar 24, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 24, 2027, it lapses early.
4 fees due Apr 8 to 17, 2027 · next Apr 8
1 fee due May 14, 2027
The maintenance fee for Equipment for Producing Nuclear Fuel Powder (US 11,817,224) comes due May 14, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 15, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jul 2, 2027
The maintenance fee for Sensing Device for Sensing the Position of a Movable Object (US 11,862,413) comes due Jul 2, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 3, 2028, it lapses early.
2 fees due Aug 11 to 18, 2027 · next Aug 11
1 fee due Sep 1, 2027
The maintenance fee for Apparatus for Automated Positioning of Eddy Current Test Probe (US 9,273,985) comes due Sep 1, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 1, 2028, it lapses early.
3 fees due Oct 2 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 2
1 fee due Nov 12, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method for Detecting a Defect on a Surface by Multidirectional Lighting and Associated Device (US 10,648,920) comes due Nov 12, 2027. Unpaid by May 12, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

6 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 9,273,985	Apparatus for Automated Positioning of Eddy Current Test Probe In force Term ends Sep 16, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 16, 2030	High confidence
US 10,636,131	Inspection Video Radiation Filter In force Term ends Apr 5, 2031 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 5, 2031	Medium confidence
US 8,746,089	Apparatus for Automated Positioning of Eddy Current Test Probe In force Term ends Jan 13, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 13, 2032	High confidence
US 10,847,275	Method for Producing Nuclear Fuel Products by Cold Spraying a Core Comprising Aluminum and Low Enriched Uranium In force Term ends Mar 27, 2033 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 27, 2033	Medium confidence
US 10,332,645	Method and Device for Storing Containers Having an Encapsulated Fuel Rod or a Fuel Rod Section In force Term ends Apr 25, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 25, 2033	High confidence
US 9,964,399	Non-Destructive Mapping of Surface Condition to Evaluate Wear Conditions In force Term ends May 2, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 2, 2034	High confidence
US 10,315,234	Method for Conditioning a Power-Generating Circulatory System of a Power Plant In force Term ends Nov 3, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 3, 2034	High confidence
US 10,236,085	Pressure Relief System for the Containment of a Nuclear Power Facility, Nuclear Power Facility and Method of Operating a Pressure Relief System In force Term ends Jan 8, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 8, 2035	High confidence
US 10,163,536	Method and Apparatus for Recovery of Radioactive Nuclides from Spent Resin Materials In force Term ends Feb 19, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 19, 2035	High confidence
US 10,352,053	Device for Repairing Damage to the Bottom of a Container Filled with Water In force Term ends May 25, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 25, 2035	High confidence

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Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

17 pending · 5 abandoned

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