Also listed on Nestec S.A., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 17, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 30, 2030
Held by Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Filed Aug 24, 2018 as application 16/112,177 · Granted Jun 29, 2021
Base term plus 260 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2010
Nov 30, 2010
Term ends
Aug 17, 2031
Aug 17, 2031
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Jun 29, 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
260
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 10,078,934, US 9,138,096, to Aug 17, 2031. 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.
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 runs 260 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 Nov 30, 2010, when application PCT/EP2010/068480, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 24, 2018) | Nov 30, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +260 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 17, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,078,934, US 9,138,096) | resolves to Aug 17, 2031, 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 | Aug 17, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,078,934 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 11,049,354 | this patent Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
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 6, 2019 Reel 49391, frame 756 | Nestec S.A. | Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. | Merger |
| Jun 13, 2019 Reel 49853, frame 398 | Nestec S.A. | Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the English Translation to Show the Full and Correct New Name in Section 51. Previously Recorded at Reel: 049391 Frame: 0756. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
| Jul 3, 2020 Reel 54082, frame 165 | Nestec S.A. | Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number 16062921 Previously Recorded on Reel 049391 Frame 0756. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Patent Number Should Have Been 16062912. |
| Mar 19, 2021 Reel 55653, frame 253 | Yoakim, Alfred | Nestec S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 17, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 260 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 10,078,934, US 9,138,096, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.