Term ends Nov 13, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 26, 2034
Filed Jun 24, 2016 as application 15/107,971 · Granted Feb 25, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Dec 26, 2014
Dec 26, 2014
Term ends
Nov 13, 2034
Nov 13, 2034
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Feb 25, 2020
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,543,538.
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.
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 resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 26, 2014, when application PCT/KR2014/012888, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 24, 2016) | Dec 26, 2034 | 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 9,543,538) | capped to Nov 13, 2034 | 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 | Nov 13, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,573,822 | this patent Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,588,109 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| Application 17/589,017 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,441,935 | In force no later than Dec 2034 | no later than Dec 2034 |
| Application 18/741,291 | Pending not computed | not computed |
5 of 6 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 24, 2016 Reel 39003, frame 349 | Kim, Tae Hyung; Park, Hocheol; Kim, Young Bae; Lee, Chang Jun; Lee, Eunjung; Beak, Youngmi | Doosan Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2020 Reel 52128, frame 274 | Doosan Corporation | Doosan Solus Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 4, 2021 Reel 54887, frame 911 | Doosan Solus Co., Ltd. | Solus Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Nov 2034
Term ends Nov 13, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,543,538.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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