Term ends Nov 14, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 14, 2031
Held by Airbus (S.A.S.)
Filed May 10, 2013 as application 13/891,629 · Granted Dec 29, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2011
Nov 14, 2011
Term ends
Nov 14, 2031
Nov 14, 2031
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 2015
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
16
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Nov 14, 2011, when application PCT/FR2011/000605, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 10, 2013) | Nov 14, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Nov 14, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,172,230 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| US 9,387,919 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 9,278,757 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 9,199,395 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,463,926 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 9,079,666 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| US 9,221,551 | this patent Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 9,114,870 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2015 Reel 34841, frame 103 | Vermande, Séverine; Leroy, Amaury | Airbus Operations (SAS) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2015 Reel 35122, frame 400 | Vermande, Séverine; Leroy, Amaury | Airbus (S.A.S.) | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 034841 Frame: 0103. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2031
Term ends Nov 14, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
2
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.
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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.