Term ends May 4, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 4, 2029
Held by Safran Nacelles
Filed Nov 16, 2010 as application 12/993,059 · Granted Feb 24, 2015
Base term plus 426 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Mar 4, 2009
Mar 4, 2009
Term ends
May 4, 2030
May 4, 2030
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Feb 24, 2015
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
426
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.
53
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 426 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Mar 4, 2009, when application PCT/FR2009/000230, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 16, 2010) | Mar 4, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +426 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 4, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 4, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,955,305 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,943,793 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,975,911 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,573,934 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,777,164 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,393,435 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| US 8,960,597 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,640,825 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
8 of 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2010 Reel 25377, frame 213 | Vauchel, Guy Bernard; Thorel, Christophe | Aircelle | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2016 Reel 40700, frame 466 | Aircelle | Safran Nacelles | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 4, 2030.
Note
The 426 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
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.