Term ends Sep 25, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 2, 2027
Held by Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik GmbH and CTF Solar GmbH
Filed Mar 2, 2007 as application 11/681,202 · Granted Jul 5, 2011
Base term plus 938 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Mar 2, 2007
Mar 2, 2007
Term ends
Sep 25, 2029
Sep 25, 2029
Granted
Jul 5, 2011
Jul 5, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
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
938
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 938 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 Mar 2, 2007, when this application, 11/681,202, was filed | Mar 2, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +938 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 25, 2029 | 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 | Sep 25, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,973,473 | this patent Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2008/002037 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2007 Reel 18949, frame 742 | Decook, Bradley C.; Mazzarella, James; Covington, Roger G.; Palone, Thomas W.; Boroson, Michael L.; Ricks, Michele L. | Eastman Kodak Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 11, 2010 Reel 24068, frame 468 | Eastman Kodak Company | Global OLED Technology LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2013 Reel 29640, frame 258 | Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik GmbH | Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik GmbH; CTF Solar GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik GmbH | Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik GmbH | CTF Solar GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2029
Term ends Sep 25, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 938 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
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.
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