Lapsed May 22, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 23, 2035
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Gemalto S.A.
Filed Aug 19, 2016 as application 15/120,308 · Granted May 22, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 22, 2022
2015
2035
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2015
Feb 23, 2015
No longer in force
May 22, 2022
May 22, 2022
Granted
May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018
Term would have run to
Feb 23, 2035
Feb 23, 2035
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
6
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 Feb 23, 2035: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 23, 2015, when application PCT/EP2015/053761, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 19, 2016) | Feb 23, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 22, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 22, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,980,124 | this patent May 2022 | May 2022 |
| US 10,187,786 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 10,206,095 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
3 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2018 Reel 45575, frame 455 | Anslot, Michel; Bouckaert, Philippe; Bouvier, Jean-rene | Buzzinbees | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 14, 2018 Reel 45795, frame 243 | Buzzinbees | Gemalto | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 23, 2018 Reel 46432, frame 419 | Buzzinbees | Gemalto S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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