Term ends Feb 18, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 16, 2023
Held by Alstom Ferroviaria S.P.A.
Filed Nov 15, 2005 as application 10/531,960 · Granted May 25, 2010
Base term plus 1221 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2027
Clock starts
Oct 16, 2003
Oct 16, 2003
Term ends
Feb 18, 2027
Feb 18, 2027
Granted
May 25, 2010
May 25, 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
1,221
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.
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 1221 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 16, 2003, when application PCT/EP2003/050724, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 15, 2005) | Oct 16, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1221 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 18, 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 | Feb 18, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,725,303 | this patent Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2005 Reel 16758, frame 932 | Tramontana, Mr Francesco | Alstom Ferroviaria S.P.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 18, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1221 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 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
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