Term ends no later than Sep 27, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 27, 2030
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Cargill, Incorporated
Filed May 27, 2016 as application 15/167,439 · Granted Oct 16, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2010
Sep 27, 2010
Ends no later than
Sep 27, 2030
Sep 27, 2030
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Oct 16, 2018
base term
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
6
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 is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 27, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/050436, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 27, 2016) | Sep 27, 2030 | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Sep 27, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2010/050436 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,883,464 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,388,419 | In force no later than Sep 2030 | no later than Sep 2030 |
| US 9,428,778 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 10,100,342 | this patent no later than Sep 2030 | no later than Sep 2030 |
| Application 16/159,135 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 44165, frame 30 | Lynch, Michael D. | Opx Biotechnologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 44165, frame 79 | Lipscomb, Tanya E. W. | Opx Biotechnologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 44165, frame 130 | Gill, Ryan T. | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 45215, frame 686 | Opx Biotechnologies, Inc. | Cargill, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends no later than Sep 27, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Sep 27, 2030. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.