Term ends Oct 25, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 25, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Teijin Limited and Semcorp Global Holdings KFT.
Filed Feb 12, 2018 as application 15/893,795 · Granted Jul 9, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2013
Oct 25, 2013
Term ends
Oct 25, 2033
Oct 25, 2033
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Jul 9, 2019
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
1 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.
3
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. 1 of 3 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 Oct 25, 2013, when application PCT/JP2013/079032, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 12, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 25, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 25, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,074,840 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 10,347,892 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2018 Reel 44895, frame 157 | Honda, Susumu; Yoshitomi, Takashi; Nishikawa, Satoshi | Teijin Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 12, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Teijin Limited | Teijin Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 12, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Teijin Limited | Semcorp Global Holdings KFT. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 12, 2024 Reel 66441, frame 422 | Teijin Limited | Teijin Limited; Semcorp Global Holdings KFT. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 25, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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