Lapsed May 22, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 18, 2031
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by SEB S.A.
Filed Aug 15, 2013 as application 13/885,785 · Granted May 22, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 858 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 22, 2026
2011
2034
Clock starts
Nov 18, 2011
Nov 18, 2011
No longer in force
May 22, 2026
May 22, 2026
Granted
May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018
Term would have run to
Mar 25, 2034
Mar 25, 2034
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
858
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
12
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 25, 2034: its 20-year base term plus 858 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Nov 18, 2011, when application PCT/FR2011/052690, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 15, 2013) | Nov 18, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +858 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 25, 2034 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 22, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,976,225 | this patent May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 11,206,945 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 11,197,579 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,368,691 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| Application 15/957,109 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,058,252 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,464,359 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 11,478,107 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2013 Reel 31018, frame 175 | Rubio, Martin; Tuffe, Stephane; Berrux, Aurelien | SEB S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
The 858 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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