Term ends Jun 7, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 7, 2033
Held by First Solar, Inc.
Filed Nov 26, 2018 as application 16/200,423 · Granted Sep 22, 2020
USPTO first gave this application the number US 10,720,546 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jun 7, 2013
Jun 7, 2013
Term ends
Jun 7, 2033
Jun 7, 2033
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 2020
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.
9
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jun 7, 2013, when application 13/912,782, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 26, 2018) | Jun 7, 2033 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 7, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,062,800 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/036503 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,141,473 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 10,784,397 | this patent Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 11,164,989 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 11,588,069 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 11,784,278 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 12,238,943 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2018 Reel 47808, frame 456 | Blaydes, Holly Ann; Andreini, Kristian William; Huber, William Hullinger; Hinners, Eugene Thomas; Shiang, Joseph John; Liang, Yong; Choi, Jongwoo; Halverson, Adam Fraser | General Electric Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2018 Reel 47808, frame 499 | General Electric Company | First Solar Malaysia SDN. BHD. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2018 Reel 47808, frame 540 | First Solar Malaysia SDN. BHD. | First Solar, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 10, 2023 Reel 64237, frame 462 | First Solar, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2026 Reel 74858, frame 364 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | First Solar, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2033
Term ends Jun 7, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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