Also listed on Framatome GmbH, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 13, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 14, 2030
Held by Framatome Inc.
Filed Jan 14, 2010 as application 12/687,261 · Granted Jun 10, 2014
Base term plus 729 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Jan 14, 2010
Jan 14, 2010
Term ends
Jan 13, 2032
Jan 13, 2032
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014
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
729
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.
3
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 729 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 Jan 14, 2010, when this application, 12/687,261, was filed | Jan 14, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +729 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 13, 2032 | 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 | Jan 13, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,746,089 | this patent Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 9,273,985 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| Application 15/055,178 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2010 Reel 24174, frame 174 | O'dell, Thomas | Zetec, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2013 Reel 29914, frame 258 | Zetec, Inc. | Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 22, 2014 Reel 33379, frame 511 | Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 16, 2015 Reel 36108, frame 803 | BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2015 Reel 36129, frame 661 | Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. | BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 25, 2018 Reel 45906, frame 500 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. (N/K/A BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| May 25, 2018 Reel 45906, frame 764 | Bank Of America, N.a. | BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 30, 2018 Reel 47094, frame 291 | BWXT Isotope Technology Group, Inc.; BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 52800, frame 805 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.a. | BWX Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 16, 2021 Reel 55952, frame 312 | BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Framatome Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2032
Term ends Jan 13, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 729 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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