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Solid polymer electrolyte composite membrane comprising a porous support and a solid polymer electrolyte including a dispersed reduced noble metal or noble metal oxide

US 8,962,132 Term ended
OverviewSources & methods

Term ended Dec 7, 2025 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Plug Power Inc.
Filed Oct 4, 2010 as application 12/924,751 · Granted Feb 24, 2015
Base term plus 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Dec 7, 2025
2004 2026
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2004
Term ended
Dec 7, 2025
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
412
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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 filingClock starts Oct 21, 2004, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Oct 4, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 21, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+412 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 7, 2025High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 7, 2025Medium confidence

Sources

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