Also listed on Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 12, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 26, 2040
Held by Hydromecanique et Frottement, Manutech-Usd, Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Filed Apr 25, 2022 as application 17/771,505 · Granted Aug 19, 2025
Base term plus 747 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2042
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2020
Oct 26, 2020
Term ends
Nov 12, 2042
Nov 12, 2042
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Aug 19, 2025
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
747
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 747 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
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 Oct 26, 2020, when application PCT/FR2020/051933, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 25, 2022) | Oct 26, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +747 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 12, 2042 | 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 | Nov 12, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,392,934 | this patent Nov 2042 | Nov 2042 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Sedao, Xxx; Dubost, Laurent; Kämpfe, Thomas | Hydromecanique et Frottement | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 16, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Sedao, Xxx; Dubost, Laurent; Kämpfe, Thomas | Manutech-Usd | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 16, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Sedao, Xxx; Dubost, Laurent; Kämpfe, Thomas | Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 16, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Sedao, Xxx; Dubost, Laurent; Kämpfe, Thomas | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 16, 2022 Reel 59911, frame 445 | Kämpfe, Thomas; Dubost, Laurent; Sedao, Xxx | Hydromecanique et Frottement; Manutech-Usd; Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Nov 2042
Term ends Nov 12, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 747 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
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2025 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.