Also listed on Nestec S.A., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 10, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 16, 2034
Held by Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Filed Feb 20, 2020 as application 16/796,476 · Granted Oct 20, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
May 16, 2014
May 16, 2014
Term ends
Dec 10, 2032
Dec 10, 2032
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Oct 20, 2020
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,582,722, US 10,583,097, US 11,478,010.
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. 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 16, 2014, when application PCT/EP2014/060038, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 20, 2020) | May 16, 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 10,582,722, US 10,583,097, US 11,478,010) | capped to Dec 10, 2032 | 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 | Dec 10, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,596,108 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 10,806,699 | this patent Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2020 Reel 53002, frame 971 | Nestec S.A. | Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. | Merger |
| Aug 19, 2020 Reel 54132, frame 343 | Burbidge, Adam; Engmann, Jan; Kaspar, Kala Marie; Jedwab, Michael | Nestec S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 27, 2020 Reel 53612, frame 231 | Burbidge, Adam; Engmann, Jan; Kaspar, Kala Marie; Jedwab, Michael | Nestec S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends Dec 10, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,582,722, US 10,583,097, US 11,478,010.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
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