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Non-Destructive Mapping of Surface Condition to Evaluate Wear Conditions

US 9,964,399 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends May 2, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Mar 12, 2014 as application 14/207,140 · Granted May 8, 2018
Base term plus 51 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Mar 12, 2014
Term ends
May 2, 2034
Granted
May 8, 2018
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
51
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.

This patent's term runs 51 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 12, 2014, when this application, 14/207,140, was filedMar 12, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+51 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 2, 2034High 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 orderMay 2, 2034High confidence

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
Jun 3, 2014
Reel 33014, frame 389
Hundstad, Richard W; Persad, RajendraBabcock & Wilcox Nucear Energy, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 3, 2014
Reel 33014, frame 575
Bruns, Nathaniel R; Gammage, Daniel EBabcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 22, 2014
Reel 33379, frame 511
Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 16, 2015
Reel 36108, frame 803
BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 17, 2015
Reel 36129, frame 461
Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd.BWXT Canada Ltd.Change of Name
Jul 17, 2015
Reel 36129, frame 661
Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc.BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.Change of Name
May 25, 2018
Reel 45906, frame 500
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

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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