Term ends Jan 9, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 9, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by SEB S.A.
Filed Sep 24, 2019 as application 16/580,686 · Granted Oct 11, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jan 9, 2013
Jan 9, 2013
Term ends
Jan 9, 2033
Jan 9, 2033
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Oct 11, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,197,579, US 11,206,945, US 11,478,107, to Jan 9, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 9, 2013, when application PCT/FR2013/050046, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 24, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 9, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,197,579, US 11,206,945, US 11,478,107) | resolves to Jan 9, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 9, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,976,225 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 11,206,945 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 11,197,579 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,368,691 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| Application 15/957,109 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,058,252 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,464,359 | this patent Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 11,478,107 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2019 Reel 50475, frame 570 | Volatier, Sebastien; Excoffier, Dominique | SEB S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2033
Term ends Jan 9, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,197,579, US 11,206,945, US 11,478,107, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.