Lapsed Jul 16, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 19, 2028
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Umicore, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Saft Groupe S.A. and Universite Montpellier 2
Filed Nov 11, 2010 as application 12/746,319 · Granted Jul 16, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 289 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 16, 2021
2008
2029
Clock starts
Nov 19, 2008
Nov 19, 2008
No longer in force
Jul 16, 2021
Jul 16, 2021
Granted
Jul 16, 2013
Jul 16, 2013
Term would have run to
Sep 4, 2029
Sep 4, 2029
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
289
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
14
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Sep 4, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 289 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Nov 19, 2008, when application PCT/EP2008/009763, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 11, 2010) | Nov 19, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +289 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 4, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 16, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 16, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,371,482 | Term ended Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 7,618,747 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| Application 12/304,411 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,486,309 | this patent Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| Application 13/254,228 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,628,694 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 |
| US 9,692,044 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
7 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Van Thournout, Michele; Levasseur, Stephane; Villevieille, Claire; Ionica-bousquet, Costana; Monconduit, Laure; Olivier-fourcade, Josette; Tessier, Cecile | Umicore | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Van Thournout, Michele; Levasseur, Stephane; Villevieille, Claire; Ionica-bousquet, Costana; Monconduit, Laure; Olivier-fourcade, Josette; Tessier, Cecile | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Van Thournout, Michele; Levasseur, Stephane; Villevieille, Claire; Ionica-bousquet, Costana; Monconduit, Laure; Olivier-fourcade, Josette; Tessier, Cecile | Saft Groupe S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Van Thournout, Michele; Levasseur, Stephane; Villevieille, Claire; Ionica-bousquet, Costana; Monconduit, Laure; Olivier-fourcade, Josette; Tessier, Cecile | Universite Montpellier 2 | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2010 Reel 25080, frame 43 | Levasseur, Stephane; Tessier, Cecile; Olivier-fourcade, Josette; Monconduit, Laure; Ionica-bousquet, Costana; Villevieille, Claire; Van Thournout, Michele | Umicore; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Saft Groupe S.A.; Universite Montpellier 2 | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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later US patents cite this one
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