Also listed on Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 19, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 12, 2042
Held by Lectra, Amvalor, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers (Ensam), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers
Filed Jul 11, 2023 as application 18/261,044 · Granted Jul 21, 2026
Base term plus 188 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2022
2042
Clock starts
Jan 12, 2022
Jan 12, 2022
Term ends
Jul 19, 2042
Jul 19, 2042
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Jul 21, 2026
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
188
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 188 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 Jan 12, 2022, when application PCT/FR2022/050063, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 11, 2023) | Jan 12, 2042 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +188 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 19, 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 | Jul 19, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,686,143 | this patent Jul 2042 | Jul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2023 Reel 64215, frame 41 | Ben Ghorbal, Ghailen; Chabirand, Didier; Lallement, Régis; Regnier, Gilles | Lectra; Amvalor; Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers (Ensam); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Ben Ghorbal, Ghailen; Chabirand, Didier; Lallement, Régis; Regnier, Gilles | Lectra | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Ben Ghorbal, Ghailen; Chabirand, Didier; Lallement, Régis; Regnier, Gilles | Amvalor | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Ben Ghorbal, Ghailen; Chabirand, Didier; Lallement, Régis; Regnier, Gilles | Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers (Ensam) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Ben Ghorbal, Ghailen; Chabirand, Didier; Lallement, Régis; Regnier, Gilles | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Ben Ghorbal, Ghailen; Chabirand, Didier; Lallement, Régis; Regnier, Gilles | Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2042
Term ends Jul 19, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 188 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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