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Photovoltaic Module Architecture

US 7,829,781 Term ended
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Merck Patent GmbH, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ended Nov 1, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Asca
Filed May 23, 2005 as application 11/134,872 · Granted Nov 9, 2010
Base term plus 527 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 1, 2026
2005 2026
Clock starts
May 23, 2005
Term ended
Nov 1, 2026
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
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
527
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 527 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 May 23, 2005, when this application, 11/134,872, was filedMay 23, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+527 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 1, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 1, 2026High 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
Jul 11, 2005
Reel 16504, frame 303
Montello, Alan; Oliver, Kevin; Chittibabu, Kethinni G.Konarka Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2011
Reel 27297, frame 772
Konarka Technologies, Inc.Massachusetts Development Finance AgencySecurity Agreement
Oct 17, 2011
Reel 27468, frame 697
Konarka Technologies, Inc.Massachusetts Development Finance AgencyAmendment to Security Agreement
Oct 26, 2011
Reel 27465, frame 192
Konarka Technologies, Inc.Total Gas & Power USA (SAS)Security Agreement
Jan 29, 2013
Reel 29717, frame 48
Konarka Technologies, Inc.Merck KGaAAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2013
Reel 29717, frame 65
Merck KGaAMerck Patent GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2023
Reel 62985, frame 513
Merck Patent GmbHAscaAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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