Term ends Feb 19, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 18, 2028
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,192,920), so the cap could be lower.
Filed Apr 1, 2009 as application 12/384,167 · Granted May 22, 2012
Base term plus 458 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Nov 18, 2008
Nov 18, 2008
Term ends
Feb 19, 2030
Feb 19, 2030
Granted
May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012
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
458
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,192,920, US 8,318,386, to Feb 19, 2030. 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.
9
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 458 days past its 20-year base term on 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: Medium. 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 Nov 18, 2008, when application PCT/US2008/012901, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 1, 2009) | Nov 18, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +458 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 19, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,192,920, US 8,318,386) | resolves to Feb 19, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 19, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2008/012901 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,518,633 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,182,982 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,192,920 | In force (reinstated) no later than Mar 2030 | no later than Mar 2030 |
| US 8,334,217 | In force (reinstated) Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,318,386 | In force (reinstated) Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| Application 13/066,473 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,645,504 | In force no later than Oct 2030 | no later than Oct 2030 |
8 of 9 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 6, 2009 Reel 22914, frame 540 | Eilertsen, Kenneth J.; Power, Rachel A.; Rim, Jong S. | Nupotential, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 4, 2010 Reel 24488, frame 141 | Rolith, Inc. | Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 17, 2010 Reel 24848, frame 952 | Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. | Rolith, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 4, 2011 Reel 26218, frame 502 | Rolith, Inc. | AGC America, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 14, 2011 Reel 27223, frame 711 | Kobrin, Boris | Rolith, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2012 Reel 27956, frame 587 | AGC America, Inc. | Rolith, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 17, 2016 Reel 38945, frame 136 | Rolith, Inc. | Metamaterial Technologies USA, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2020 Reel 52315, frame 29 | Metamaterial Technologies USA, Inc. | BDC Capital Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2021 Reel 56522, frame 648 | BDC Capital Inc. | Metamaterial Technologies USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2025 Reel 70871, frame 818 | Christina Lovato, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of Meta Materials Inc. | E Ink Corporation | Court Appointment |
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.
What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 19, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 458 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,192,920, US 8,318,386, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.