Also listed on Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 16, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 16, 2026
Filed Nov 16, 2006 as application 11/560,570 · Granted Sep 14, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2006
Nov 16, 2006
Term ends
Nov 16, 2026
Nov 16, 2026
Granted
Sep 14, 2010
Sep 14, 2010
base term
fee events
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
18
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 16, 2006, when this application, 11/560,570, was filed | Nov 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Nov 16, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/253,360 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,563,542 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 7,794,880 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 11/675,308 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2007/062243 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,232,007 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/062518 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/063094 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Hamwi, Andre | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 25, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Hamwi, Andre | Universite Blaise Pascal | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 25, 2007 Reel 19609, frame 443 | Hamwi, Andre | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.); Universite Blaise Pascal | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Yazami, Rachid | California Institute of Technology | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Yazami, Rachid | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2007 Reel 19931, frame 206 | Yazami, Rachid | California Institute of Technology; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 29, 2014 Reel 32780, frame 300 | Darolles, Isabelle M. | California Institute of Technology | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 16, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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