Term ends Sep 16, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 14, 2030
Held by Framatome Inc.
Filed Aug 9, 2013 as application 13/963,630 · Granted Mar 1, 2016
Base term plus 245 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jan 14, 2010
Jan 14, 2010
Term ends
Sep 16, 2030
Sep 16, 2030
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Mar 1, 2016
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
245
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.
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 245 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 Jan 14, 2010, when application 12/687,261, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 9, 2013) | Jan 14, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +245 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 16, 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 | Sep 16, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,746,089 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 9,273,985 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2013 Reel 31715, frame 446 | O'dell, Thomas; Zetec, Inc. | Zetec, Inc.; Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | O'dell, Thomas; Zetec, Inc. | Zetec, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | O'dell, Thomas; Zetec, Inc. | Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2014 Reel 32983, frame 92 | 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 27, 2015 Reel 36181, frame 947 | Zetec, Inc. | Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2015 Reel 37107, frame 9 | Zetec, Inc. | Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2015 Reel 37151, frame 584 | Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. | BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 25, 2018 Reel 45906, frame 385 | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 16, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 245 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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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