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Method for Operating a Harvesting Machine with the Aid of a Plant Growth Model

US 10,856,463 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on BASF SE, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Sep 30, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Apr 4, 2018 as application 15/765,787 · Granted Dec 8, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2016
Term ends
Sep 30, 2036
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
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.
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.
80
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: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 30, 2016, when application PCT/EP2016/073400, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 4, 2018)Sep 30, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 30, 2036High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2011/054689PCT application
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Application PCT/US2012/033495PCT application
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US 10,699,222In force
Oct 2034
Oct 2034
Application 14/561,557Abandoned
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Application 14/573,456Abandoned
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Application 14/573,541Abandoned
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Application 14/573,611Abandoned
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US 10,242,369In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
8 of 80 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 31, 2018
Reel 45953, frame 166
Peters, OleBayer CropScience AktiengesellschaftAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 22, 2019
Reel 51087, frame 442
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft; Bayer CropScience LP; Bayer CropScience AktiengesellschaftBASF SEAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 22, 2019
Reel 51087, frame 858
BASF SEBASF Agro Trademarks GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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