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Method for Producing a Security Element

US 10,315,454 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Gemalto SA, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 24, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Dec 2, 2016 as application 15/315,929 · Granted Jun 11, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Nov 24, 2015
Term ends
Nov 24, 2035
Granted
Jun 11, 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.
1 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
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 24, 2015, when application PCT/EP2015/077503, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 2, 2016)Nov 24, 2035High 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 24, 2035High confidence

This family

US 10,315,454this patent
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 17, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Sailer, Christian; Abt, Felix; Chosson, SylvainGemalto AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 17, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Sailer, Christian; Abt, Felix; Chosson, SylvainOrell Füssli Sicherheitsdruck AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 17, 2017
Reel 40983, frame 722
Sailer, Christian; Chosson, Sylvain; Abt, FelixGemalto AG; Orell Füssli Sicherheitsdruck AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 29, 2023
Reel 64745, frame 478
Gemalto AGThales DIS Schweiz AGChange of Name
Aug 29, 2023
Reel 64729, frame 485
Thales DIS Schweiz AGThales DIS France SASAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 30, 2023
Reel 64749, frame 557
Orell Füssli AGGemalto AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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