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Photovoltaic Roofing Elements Including Tie Layer Systems And Roofs Using Them

US 9,178,465 In force
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Term ends Nov 6, 2028 · High confidence

Filed May 14, 2013 as application 13/893,754 · Granted Nov 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2008
Term ends
Nov 6, 2028
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,375,653, to Nov 6, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
6
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 6, 2008, when application 12/266,409, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 14, 2013)Nov 6, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,375,653)resolves to Nov 6, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 6, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,438,796In force (reinstated)
Nov 2028
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US 8,375,653In force (reinstated)
Nov 2028
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US 9,178,465this patent
Nov 2028
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Application 90/015,332Pending
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Application 90/015,330Pending
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Application 90/015,331Pending
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 14, 2013
Reel 30415, frame 104
Shiao, Ming-liang; Kalkanoglu, Husnu M.; Shaw, Wayne E.; Jacobs, Gregory F.CertainTeed CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 10, 2021
Reel 54943, frame 542
CertainTeed CorporationCertainTeed LLCConversion
Jan 10, 2021
Reel 54943, frame 580
CertainTeed LLCCertainTeed LLCConversion, Reverse Merger, Conversion

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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