Term ends Jan 14, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 17, 2023
Held by Valmet Technologies, Inc.
Filed Nov 7, 2005 as application 10/532,882 · Granted Apr 6, 2010
Base term plus 1185 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2027
Clock starts
Oct 17, 2003
Oct 17, 2003
Term ends
Jan 14, 2027
Jan 14, 2027
Granted
Apr 6, 2010
Apr 6, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,185
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
42
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 1185 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 17, 2003, when application PCT/SE2003/001614, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 7, 2005) | Oct 17, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1185 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 14, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 14, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,044,998 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2010 | May 2010 |
| Application 10/491,122 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,294,227 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2015 | Nov 2015 |
| US 7,491,296 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 7,384,185 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 |
| US 7,476,292 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2017 | Jan 2017 |
| US 7,384,184 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 |
| US 7,691,235 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
8 of 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2005 Reel 16984, frame 284 | Lundgren, Baltsar | Metso Paper, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 27, 2014 Reel 32551, frame 426 | Metso Paper, Inc. | Valmet Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 14, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1185 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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