Term ends Feb 14, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 2, 2026
Held by Valmet Technologies, Inc.
Filed Aug 28, 2007 as application 11/885,196 · Granted Oct 15, 2013
Base term plus 1353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2030
Clock starts
Jun 2, 2006
Jun 2, 2006
Term ends
Feb 14, 2030
Feb 14, 2030
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013
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
1,353
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.
42
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 1353 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 Jun 2, 2006, when application PCT/SE2006/000654, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 28, 2007) | Jun 2, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1353 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 14, 2030 | 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 | Feb 14, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,044,998 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2010 | May 2010 |
| Application 10/491,122 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,294,227 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2015 | Nov 2015 |
| US 7,491,296 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 7,384,185 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 |
| US 7,476,292 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2017 | Jan 2017 |
| US 7,384,184 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 |
| US 7,691,235 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
8 of 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2007 Reel 19831, frame 517 | Anderson, Rickard; Bylander, Johan; Henriksson, Magnus; Lundberg, Jorgen | Metso Paper, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2009 Reel 22419, frame 754 | Andersson, Rickard; Bylander, Johan; Henriksson, Magnus; Lundberg, Jorgen T. | Metso Paper, Inc. | Record to Correct the 4TH Conveying Party's Name, Previously Recorded at Reel 019831 Frame 0517. |
| Mar 27, 2014 Reel 32551, frame 426 | Metso Paper, Inc. | Valmet Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 14, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1353 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 2013 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.