Also listed on Vivatech, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 12, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 29, 2028
Filed Jul 13, 2009 as application 12/522,970 · Granted Aug 21, 2012
Base term plus 592 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Jan 29, 2008
Jan 29, 2008
Term ends
Sep 12, 2029
Sep 12, 2029
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Aug 21, 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
592
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 592 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 Jan 29, 2008, when application PCT/FR2008/000102, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 13, 2009) | Jan 29, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +592 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 12, 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 12, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,246,667 | this patent Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
1 of 2 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 13, 2009 Reel 22945, frame 871 | Cornil, Alain; Capon, Alexandre; Gosse, Alban; Peronne, Patrick | Ekkyo | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 28, 2012 Reel 29043, frame 700 | Ekkyo | Vivatech | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 44007, frame 890 | Laboratoires Urgo | Urgo Recherche Innovation et Developpement (Urid) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 44174, frame 716 | Vivatech | Laboratoires Urgo | Merger |
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
Sep 2029
Term ends Sep 12, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 592 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.