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Smart Photovoltaic Cells and Modules

US 10,181,541 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Nov 20, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Mar 9, 2015 as application 14/426,921 · Granted Jan 15, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2012
Term ends
Nov 20, 2032
Granted
Jan 15, 2019
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.
12
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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 20, 2012, when application 13/682,674, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2015)Nov 20, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderNov 20, 2032High confidence

This family

US 9,293,619In force
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
Application 14/072,759Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,515,217Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Application PCT/US2014/034057PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 14/252,776Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,379,258Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2020
Jun 2020
US 9,130,076Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2019
Sep 2019
US 10,181,541this patent
Nov 2032
Nov 2032
8 of 12 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
Mar 9, 2015
Reel 35118, frame 624
Moslehi, Mehrdad M.Solexel, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 26, 2017
Reel 43342, frame 439
Solexel, Inc.Beamreach Solar, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 27, 2017
Reel 43350, frame 822
Ob Realty, LLCOb Realty, LLCRecordation of Foreclosure of Patent Properties
Jul 28, 2017
Reel 43367, frame 649
Solexel, Inc.Beamreach Solar, Inc.Change of Name
Sep 29, 2017
Reel 44062, frame 383
Opus BankOb Realty, LLCAssignment of Loan Documents

Sources

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

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