Term ended no later than Sep 12, 2023 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 28, 2023
Held by Safran Aircraft Engines
Filed Aug 26, 2004 as application 10/505,786 · Granted Jan 29, 2008
Base term plus 196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Ended no later than Sep 12, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Feb 28, 2003
Feb 28, 2003
Ended no later than
Sep 12, 2023
Sep 12, 2023
Granted
Jan 29, 2008
Jan 29, 2008
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
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
196
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
3 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.
22
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 196 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Feb 28, 2003, when application PCT/FR2003/000650, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 26, 2004) | Feb 28, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +196 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 12, 2023 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Sep 12, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,013,650 | Term ended Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 7,310,939 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 7,404,860 | Term ended no later than Dec 2023 | no later than Dec 2023 |
| US 7,323,061 | this patent no later than Sep 2023 | no later than Sep 2023 |
| US 7,332,036 | Term ended no later than Sep 2023 | no later than Sep 2023 |
| US 7,323,062 | Term ended no later than Jul 2023 | no later than Jul 2023 |
| US 7,311,981 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 7,584,615 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2004 Reel 16505, frame 309 | Vardelle, Michel; Renault, Thierry; Bossoutrot, Cedric; Braillard, Frederic; Hoffmann, Hakim | SNECMA Services | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 12, 2012 Reel 27842, frame 273 | SNECMA Services | SNECMA | Merger |
| May 23, 2018 Reel 46479, frame 807 | SNECMA | Safran Aircraft Engines | Change of Name |
| Aug 24, 2018 Reel 46939, frame 336 | SNECMA | Safran Aircraft Engines | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Cover Sheet to Remove Application Nos. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 Previously Recorded on Reel 046479 Frame 0807. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Sep 12, 2023. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.