Term ends Sep 16, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 16, 2028
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,392,797, US 9,743,674), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Bayer CropScience LP
Filed Jul 21, 2017 as application 15/656,089 · Granted Feb 26, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2008
Sep 16, 2008
Term ends
Sep 16, 2028
Sep 16, 2028
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,078,447, US 9,392,797, US 9,743,674, to Sep 16, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
5
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 16, 2008, when application PCT/EP2008/062279, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 21, 2017) | Sep 16, 2028 | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,078,447, US 9,392,797, US 9,743,674) | resolves to Sep 16, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 16, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,078,447 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 9,392,797 | In force no later than Sep 2028 | no later than Sep 2028 |
| US 9,743,674 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 10,212,942 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2017 Reel 43062, frame 125 | Schoefl, Ulrich; Scherer, Maria; Haden, Egon | BASF SE | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2017 Reel 43062, frame 210 | BASF SE | Bayer CropScience LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2019 Reel 50370, frame 245 | Bayer CropScience LP | Bayer CropScience LP | Change of Address |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 16, 2028.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,078,447, US 9,392,797, US 9,743,674, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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.