Also listed on Arcelormittal Bettembourg S.A., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 3, 2027 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Applied Materials, Inc.

Filed Jun 19, 2007 as application 11/722,157 · Granted Apr 4, 2017

Base term plus 691 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Nov 3, 2027

2005 2027

Clock starts
Dec 12, 2005

Term ends
Nov 3, 2027

Granted
Apr 4, 2017

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

691

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 2

Maintenance fees paid

Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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 691 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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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 Dec 12, 2005, when application PCT/EP2005/056684, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 19, 2007)	Dec 12, 2025	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+691 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Nov 3, 2027	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 2 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Nov 3, 2027	High confidence

This family

US 9,610,641

this patent

Nov 2027

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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.

Recorded	Assignor	Assignee	Conveyance
Jun 19, 2007 reel/frame not recorded	Vaubourg, Jean-pierre	Arcelor Bettembourg S.A.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 19, 2007 reel/frame not recorded	Vaubourg, Jean-pierre	HCT Shaping Systems S.A.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 19, 2007 Reel 19450, frame 877	Vaubourg, Jean-pierre	Arcelor Bettembourg S.A.; HCT Shaping Systems S.A.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 21, 2008 reel/frame not recorded	Vaubourg, Jean-pierre	Arcelor Bettembourg S.A.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Country for the Second Receiving Party Data: "Luxembourg" Previously Recorded on Reel 019450 Frame 0877. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Country for the Second Receiving Party Data: "Switzerland".
Jan 21, 2008 reel/frame not recorded	Vaubourg, Jean-pierre	HCT Shaping Systems S.A.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Country for the Second Receiving Party Data: "Luxembourg" Previously Recorded on Reel 019450 Frame 0877. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Country for the Second Receiving Party Data: "Switzerland".
Jan 21, 2008 Reel 20391, frame 734	Vaubourg, Jean-pierre	Arcelor Bettembourg S.A.; HCT Shaping Systems S.A.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Country for the Second Receiving Party Data: "Luxembourg" Previously Recorded on Reel 019450 Frame 0877. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Country for the Second Receiving Party Data: "Switzerland".
Mar 14, 2008 Reel 20656, frame 416	Arcelor Bettembourg S.A.	Arcelormittal Bettembourg S.A.	Change of Name
Mar 10, 2015 Reel 35126, frame 652	Arcelormittal Wire International	Arcelormittal Bissen & Bettembourg	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 10, 2015 Reel 35167, frame 146	Arcelormittal Bettembourg S.A.	Arcelormittal Wire International	Change of Name
Mar 10, 2015 Reel 35168, frame 364	HCT Shaping Systems S.A.	Applied Materials Switzerland S.A.	Change of Name
Mar 10, 2015 Reel 35168, frame 432	Applied Materials Switzerland S.A.	Applied Materials Switzerland SARL	Change of Name
Jul 22, 2015 Reel 36150, frame 21	Arcelormittal Wire International	Arcelormittal Bissen & Bettembourg	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 16, 2019 Reel 49767, frame 894	Applied Materials Switzerland SARL	Applied Materials, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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What's changing

Nov 2027

Term ends Nov 3, 2027. No further fees fall due before then

Note

The 691 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

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