Term ends Dec 17, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 18, 2033
Held by Brita LP
Filed May 24, 2016 as application 15/038,996 · Granted Jul 20, 2021
Base term plus 364 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2013
Dec 18, 2013
Term ends
Dec 17, 2034
Dec 17, 2034
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Jul 20, 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
364
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
18
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 364 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 18, 2013, when application 14/132,134, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 24, 2016) | Dec 18, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +364 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 17, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 17, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,604,420 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2014/069047 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/069023 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/069064 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/069037 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/069026 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/069030 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,035,713 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2016 Reel 38726, frame 176 | Dani, Nikhil P.; McDonald, Jonathan; Doan, Nicole; Wiegele, Jonathan Taylor | Brita LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2017 Reel 42049, frame 884 | Dani, Nikhil P.; McDonald, Jonathan; Doan, Nicole; Wiegele, Jonathan Taylor | Brita LP | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address and Country Previously Recorded at Reel: 038726 Frame: 0176. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 17, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 364 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
31
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.