Also listed on Schlumberger Technology B.V., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 5, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 2, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Jan 25, 2021 as application 17/157,835 · Granted Oct 3, 2023
Base term plus 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016
Term ends
Jul 5, 2036
Jul 5, 2036
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Oct 3, 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
64
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.
4
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 64 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 2, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/030344, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 25, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 2, 2036 | 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 | +64 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 5, 2036 | 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 5, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2016/030344 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,928,535 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 11,774,618 | this patent Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| Application 18/240,547 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2021 Reel 55024, frame 484 | Halliday, David Fraser; Hopperstad, Jon-fredrik; Laws, Robert Montgomery | WesternGeco L.L.C.; Schlumberger Canada Limited; Schlumberger Technology B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Hopperstad, Jon-fredrik; Halliday, David Fraser; Laws, Robert Montgomery | WesternGeco L.L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Hopperstad, Jon-fredrik; Halliday, David Fraser; Laws, Robert Montgomery | Schlumberger Canada Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Hopperstad, Jon-fredrik; Halliday, David Fraser; Laws, Robert Montgomery | Schlumberger Technology B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2036
Term ends Jul 5, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.