Term ends Aug 8, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 18, 2033
Held by Brita LP
Filed Dec 12, 2014 as application 14/569,397 · Granted Jul 31, 2018
Base term plus 233 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2013
Dec 18, 2013
Term ends
Aug 8, 2034
Aug 8, 2034
Granted
Jul 31, 2018
Jul 31, 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
233
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.
18
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 233 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 18, 2013, when application 14/132,134, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 12, 2014) | Dec 18, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +233 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 8, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 8, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,604,420 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2014/069047 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/069023 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/069064 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/069037 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/069026 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/069030 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,035,713 | this patent Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2015 Reel 34728, frame 951 | Dani, Nikhil P.; McDonald, Jonathan; Doan, Nicole; Wiegele, Jonathan Taylor | Brita LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2017 Reel 42034, frame 345 | Dani, Nikhil P.; McDonald, Jonathan; Doan, Nicole; Wiegele, Jonathan Taylor | Brita LP | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address and Country of Incorporation Previously Recorded at Reel: 034728 Frame: 0951. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Aug 2034
Term ends Aug 8, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 233 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.