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Solar Thermoelectric Power Generation System, and Process for Making Same

US 11,723,274 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

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

Term ends Nov 25, 2030 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Mar 6, 2020 as application 16/811,205 · Granted Aug 8, 2023
Base term plus 66 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Sep 20, 2010
Term ends
Nov 25, 2030
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
66
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
3
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 66 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 20, 2010, when application 12/885,757, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 20, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+66 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 25, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 25, 2030Medium confidence

This family

Application 15/861,447Abandoned
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Nov 2030
Nov 2030
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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 16, 2020
Reel 53232, frame 657
Jacobs, Gregory F.; Gombarick, Joseph Charles, JR.Certainteeed CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 16, 2023
Reel 63975, frame 107
Shiao, Ming Liang; Jacobs, Gregory F.; Gombarick, Joseph Charles, JR.CertainTeed CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 16, 2023
Reel 64008, frame 291
CertainTeed CorporationCertainTeed LLCConversion
Jun 16, 2023
Reel 64008, frame 309
CertainTeed LLCCertainTeed LLCConversion, Reverse Merger, Conversion

Sources

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