Term ends Feb 13, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 13, 2031
Held by Romanova Bvba Starter
Filed Mar 6, 2017 as application 15/451,258 · Granted Jun 1, 2021
Base term plus 123 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Oct 13, 2011
Oct 13, 2011
Term ends
Feb 13, 2032
Feb 13, 2032
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Jun 1, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
123
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,603,750, to Feb 13, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
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 123 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 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 Oct 13, 2011, when application PCT/EP2011/005138, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2017) | Oct 13, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +123 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 13, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,603,750) | resolves to Feb 13, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 13, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,603,750 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 11,020,280 | this patent Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 10,772,769 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application 15/802,723 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2017 Reel 41478, frame 906 | Van De Maele, Marleen | Romanova Bvba Starter | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Feb 2032
Term ends Feb 13, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 123 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,603,750, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 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.