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Decoupled Modeling Methods and Systems

US 11,514,537 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on TotalEnergies Solar Intl, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends May 5, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Apr 7, 2020 as application 16/754,267 · Granted Nov 29, 2022
Base term plus 208 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2038
Clock starts
Oct 9, 2017
Term ends
May 5, 2038
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
base term patent term adjustment 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
208
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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 208 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 9, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/055743, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 7, 2020)Oct 9, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+208 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 5, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 5, 2038High confidence

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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
Jul 14, 2021
Reel 56848, frame 809
Lu, Jian; Wang, Jiyu; Lu, Ning; Zeng, WenteTotal Solar International; North Carolina State UniversityAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 14, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Wang, Jiyu; Lu, Jian; Lu, Ning; Zeng, WenteTotal Solar InternationalAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 14, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Wang, Jiyu; Lu, Jian; Lu, Ning; Zeng, WenteNorth Carolina State UniversityAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 4, 2024
Reel 69114, frame 445
Total Solar InternationalTotal Solar InternationalChange of Name
Nov 7, 2024
Reel 69313, frame 571
Total Solar InternationalTotalEnergies Solar IntlChange of Name
Nov 20, 2024
Reel 69335, frame 246
TotalEnergies Solar IntlTotalEnergies OneTechAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 3, 2024
Reel 69475, frame 879
Total Solar InternationalTotal Solar IntlCorrective Assignment to Correct the Correct the Name and Address of the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 69114 Frame: 445. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.

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