The Patent Finder
US

Method for Detecting a Defect in a Metal Wire of a Set of Metal Wires, in Particular for an Anchoring Area of a Civil Engineering Structure

US 10,816,511 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Amenagement et des Reseaux, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 30, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Sep 21, 2017 as application 15/560,481 · Granted Oct 27, 2020
Base term plus 128 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2016
Term ends
Jul 30, 2036
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
128
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 128 days past its 20-year base term on 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 24, 2016, when application PCT/FR2016/050671, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 21, 2017)Mar 24, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+128 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 30, 2036High 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 orderJul 30, 2036High confidence

This family

US 10,816,511this patent
Jul 2036
Jul 2036
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
Dec 3, 2019
Reel 51166, frame 197
Laguerre, Laurent; Durand, OlivierSoletanche FreyssinetAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 11, 2020
Reel 53744, frame 904
Laguerre, Laurent; Durand, OlivierSoletanche Freyssinet; Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Amenagement et des ReseauxAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Durand, Olivier; Laguerre, LaurentSoletanche FreyssinetAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Durand, Olivier; Laguerre, LaurentInstitut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Amenagement et des ReseauxAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 24, 2020
Reel 53868, frame 607
Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Amenagement et des ReseauxUniversite Gustave EiffelDecree of the French Government

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

The Patent Finder CompaniesExpirationsCalculatorWatchlistPricing MethodologyCorrectionsLegalPrivacysupport@thepatentfinder.com Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) Part of 137 Finder · © 2026 137 Finder LLC · Sources cited