Also listed on TotalEnergies Solar Intl, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 10, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 28, 2037
Held by TotalEnergies OneTech
Filed Jun 23, 2020 as application 16/957,208 · Granted Aug 15, 2023
Base term plus 194 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2017
Dec 28, 2017
Term ends
Jul 10, 2038
Jul 10, 2038
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Aug 15, 2023
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
194
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 194 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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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 28, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/068718, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 23, 2020) | Dec 28, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +194 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 10, 2038 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 10, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2017/068718 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,727,307 | this patent Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2020 Reel 53013, frame 453 | Henri, Gonzaque; Carrejo, Carlos; Lu, Ning | Total Solar International; North Carolina State University | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Henri, Gonzaque; Lu, Ning; Carrejo, Carlos | Total Solar International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Henri, Gonzaque; Lu, Ning; Carrejo, Carlos | North Carolina State University | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 4, 2024 Reel 69114, frame 445 | Total Solar International | Total Solar International | Change of Name |
| Nov 7, 2024 Reel 69313, frame 571 | Total Solar International | TotalEnergies Solar Intl | Change of Name |
| Nov 20, 2024 Reel 69335, frame 246 | TotalEnergies Solar Intl | TotalEnergies OneTech | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 3, 2024 Reel 69475, frame 879 | Total Solar International | Total Solar Intl | Corrective 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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What's changing
Jul 2038
Term ends Jul 10, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 194 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
61
later US patents cite this one
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