Term ends Dec 14, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 1, 2028
Held by Effect Photonics B.V.
Filed Jul 20, 2010 as application 12/671,550 · Granted Oct 29, 2013
Base term plus 135 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Aug 1, 2008
Aug 1, 2008
Term ends
Dec 14, 2028
Dec 14, 2028
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Oct 29, 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
135
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 135 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 1, 2008, when application PCT/NL2008/000185, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 20, 2010) | Aug 1, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +135 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 14, 2028 | 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 | Dec 14, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,571,084 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
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 20, 2010 Reel 24715, frame 703 | Docter, Boudewijn; Beri, Stefano; Smit, Meint Koert; Karouta, Fouad | Technische Universiteit Eindhoven | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2012 Reel 27779, frame 660 | Docter, Boudewijn; Beri, Stefano; Smit, Meint Koert; Karouta, Fouad; Leijtens, Xaverius Jacques Maria | Technische Universiteit Eindhoven | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2015 Reel 35798, frame 840 | Technische Universiteit Eindhoven | Effect Photonics B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 14, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 135 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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
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