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Module Fabrication of Solar Cells with Low Resistivity Electrodes

US 9,496,427 In force
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Term ends Jan 13, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Tesla, Inc.
Filed Dec 7, 2015 as application 14/961,639 · Granted Nov 15, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jan 13, 2014
Term ends
Jan 13, 2034
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
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.
9
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 13, 2014, when application 14/153,608, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 7, 2015)Jan 13, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 13, 2034High confidence

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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 6, 2021
Reel 56172, frame 62
Solarcity CorporationTesla, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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