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Method for Storing Radioactive Waste, and System for Implementing the Same

US 10,049,777 In force
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Term ends Feb 15, 2035 · High confidence

Filed May 13, 2014 as application 14/358,032 · Granted Aug 14, 2018
Base term plus 823 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2035
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2012
Term ends
Feb 15, 2035
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
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
823
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.
22
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 823 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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 14, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/065117, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 13, 2014)Nov 14, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+823 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 15, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 15, 2035High confidence

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US 8,905,259In force
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Application PCT/US2012/065117PCT application
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Application PCT/US2013/036592PCT application
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Application PCT/US2013/037228PCT application
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Application PCT/US2013/057855PCT application
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Application PCT/US2013/077852PCT application
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Application PCT/US2014/013185PCT application
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US 10,049,777this patent
Feb 2035
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8 of 22 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 14, 2014
Reel 32883, frame 802
Singh, Krishna P.Holtec International, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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