Also listed on Hanwha Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 27, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 27, 2027
Held by Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.
Filed Dec 10, 2009 as application 12/634,943 · Granted Jan 11, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2007
Feb 27, 2007
Term ends
Feb 27, 2027
Feb 27, 2027
Granted
Jan 11, 2011
Jan 11, 2011
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,650,826, to Feb 27, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Feb 27, 2007, when application 11/711,422, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 10, 2009) | Feb 27, 2027 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,650,826) | resolves to Feb 27, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 27, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,650,826 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 7,866,247 | this patent Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2015 Reel 36714, frame 757 | Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Nov 9, 2015 Reel 37072, frame 8 | Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 036714 Frame: 0757. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Oct 12, 2017 Reel 43853, frame 279 | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Land Systems Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2019 Reel 48473, frame 529 | Hanwha Land Systems Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Dec 23, 2022 Reel 62213, frame 912 | Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 27, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,650,826, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.