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System and Method for Generating a Burst of Ultra-Short, High-Power Laser Pulses

US 9,525,264 In force
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Term ends Dec 16, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Oct 7, 2015 as application 14/649,752 · Granted Dec 20, 2016
Base term plus 12 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2013
Term ends
Dec 16, 2033
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
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
12
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 12 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 4, 2013, when application PCT/FR2013/052947, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 7, 2015)Dec 4, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+12 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 16, 2033High 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 orderDec 16, 2033High confidence

This family

US 9,525,264this patent
Dec 2033
Dec 2033
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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
Jul 1, 2015
Reel 35950, frame 596
Courjaud, AntoineAmplitude SystemesAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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