Lapsed Jan 28, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 3, 2029
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Jul 2, 2010 as application 12/829,827 · Granted Jan 28, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 699 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 28, 2026
2009
2031
Clock starts
Nov 3, 2009
Nov 3, 2009
No longer in force
Jan 28, 2026
Jan 28, 2026
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Jan 28, 2014
Term would have run to
Oct 3, 2031
Oct 3, 2031
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
699
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
7
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 Oct 3, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 699 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 3, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/063108, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 2, 2010) | Nov 3, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +699 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 3, 2031 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 28, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2009/063108 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US D673,497 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,986,404 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 8,636,826 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,005,344 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,539,558 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 9,722,268 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2010 Reel 24908, frame 663 | Curello, Andrew J.; Curello, Michael; Stepan, Constance R. | Societe Bic | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2014 Reel 33721, frame 355 | Societe Bic | The Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (Cea) | Re-Assignment |
| Aug 7, 2015 Reel 36280, frame 892 | Société Bic | Intelligent Energy Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 12, 2021 Reel 57161, frame 499 | Intelligent Energy Limited | The Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (Cea) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 699 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
29
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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