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Photovoltaic Module

US 9,998,067 In force
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Term ends Jan 14, 2028 · Low confidence

Filed Mar 1, 2016 as application 15/057,396 · Granted Jun 12, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jan 7, 2009
Term ends
Jan 14, 2028
Granted
Jun 12, 2018
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,404,967.
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.
12
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Jan 7, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/030253, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 1, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 7, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,404,967)capped to Jan 14, 2028High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: PCTUS2009030253, PCTUS2009030253, PCTUS2009030253, PCTUS2009030253Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 14, 2028Low confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 8, 2018
Reel 44876, frame 166
Kalkanoglu, Hus M.; Jacobs, Gregory F.; Shiao, Ming LiangCertainTeed CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 10, 2021
Reel 54943, frame 542
CertainTeed CorporationCertainTeed LLCConversion
Jan 10, 2021
Reel 54943, frame 580
CertainTeed LLCCertainTeed LLCConversion, Reverse Merger, Conversion

Sources

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

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