Also listed on Thyssenkrupp Carbon Components GmbH, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 31, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 13, 2038
Held by Germaniumtech GmbH
Filed Jun 12, 2020 as application 16/772,217 · Granted Aug 25, 2026
Base term plus 535 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2040
Clock starts
Dec 13, 2018
Dec 13, 2018
Term ends
May 31, 2040
May 31, 2040
Granted
Aug 25, 2026
Aug 25, 2026
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
535
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 535 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 Dec 13, 2018, when application PCT/DE2018/101018, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 12, 2020) | Dec 13, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +535 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 31, 2040 | 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 | May 31, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,715,630 | this patent May 2040 | May 2040 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2020 Reel 52975, frame 837 | Werner, Jens; Pezus, Phil; Bieler, Matthias; Franke, Florian | Thyssenkrupp Carbon Components GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 12, 2021 Reel 55887, frame 146 | Thyssenkrupp Carbon Components GmbH | Innotec Lightweight Engineering & Polymer Technology GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 22, 2026 Reel 75446, frame 335 | Innotec Lightweight Engineering & Polymer Technology GmbH | Germaniumtech GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2040
Term ends May 31, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 535 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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