Term ends Jul 3, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 26, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Indigo AG, Inc.
Filed Jun 24, 2016 as application 15/107,965 · Granted Jul 30, 2019
Base term plus 7 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jun 26, 2014
Jun 26, 2014
Term ends
Jul 3, 2034
Jul 3, 2034
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
Jul 30, 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
7
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
45
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 7 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jun 26, 2014, when applications 14/315,804, 14/316,469 and PCT/US2014/044427, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jun 24, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 26, 2034 | 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 | +7 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 3, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 3, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,113,636 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/044427 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/054160 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/072400 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/072399 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,288,995 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2015/038110 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,212,911 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
8 of 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2016 Reel 39029, frame 587 | Mitter, Birgit; Naveed, Muhammad; Berninger, Teresa; Compant, Stephane; Sessitsch, Angela | Ait Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 28, 2016 Reel 39029, frame 597 | Von Maltzhan, Geoffrey; Flavell, Richard Bailey; Toledo, Gerardo V.; Djonovic, Slavica; Marquez, Luis Miguel; Johnston, David Morris; Millet, Yves Alain; Lyford, Jeffrey; Leff, Jonathan W.; Samayoa, Phillip; Sadowski, Craig | Symbiota, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 28, 2016 Reel 39195, frame 440 | Symbiota, Inc. | Indigo AG, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 10, 2023 Reel 64559, frame 438 | Indigo Agriculture, Inc.; Indigo AG, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2023 Reel 65344, frame 780 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Indigo AG, Inc.; Indigo Agriculture, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Indigo AG, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Indigo Agriculture, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 3, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 7 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
87
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.