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Nanostructured Layers, Method of Making Nanostructured Layers, and Application Thereof

US 7,785,657 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Evident Technologies, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 5, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Dec 11, 2007 as application 12/001,581 · Granted Aug 31, 2010
Base term plus 330 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Dec 11, 2007
Term ends
Nov 5, 2028
Granted
Aug 31, 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
330
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.

This patent's term runs 330 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 11, 2007, when this application, 12/001,581, was filedDec 11, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+330 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 5, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 5, 2028High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 4, 2008
Reel 20463, frame 326
Locascio, Michael, MR.; Yang, San Ming, MR.Evident TechnologiesAssignment
May 26, 2010
Reel 24434, frame 534
Evident TechnologiesLC Capital Master Fund, Ltd.; Opalka Family Investment Partners, LP; Walter L. Robb C/O Vantage Management, Inc.; Singer Children's Management Trust C/O Romulus Holdings Inc.; Chalis Capital LLC; Bazco, LLC; Birch Holdings, LLC; Sola Ltd. C/O Solus Alternative Asset Management LPSecurity Agreement
May 26, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Evident TechnologiesLC Capital Master Fund, Ltd.Security Agreement
May 26, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Evident TechnologiesOpalka Family Investment Partners, LPSecurity Agreement
May 26, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Evident TechnologiesWalter L. Robb C/O Vantage Management, Inc.Security Agreement
May 26, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Evident TechnologiesSinger Children's Management Trust C/O Romulus Holdings Inc.Security Agreement
May 26, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Evident TechnologiesChalis Capital LLCSecurity Agreement
May 26, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Evident TechnologiesBazco, LLCSecurity Agreement
May 26, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Evident TechnologiesBirch Holdings, LLCSecurity Agreement
May 26, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Evident TechnologiesSola Ltd. C/O Solus Alternative Asset Management LPSecurity Agreement
Dec 17, 2010
Reel 25521, frame 260
LC Capital Master Fund, Ltd.; Opalka Family Investment Partners, LP; Robb, Walter L.; Singer Children's Management Trust; Chalis Capital LLC; Bazco, LLC; Birch Holdings, LLC; Sola Ltd.Evident Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 17, 2011
Reel 27244, frame 766
Evident Technologies, Inc.Nanoco Technolgies, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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