Term ends May 3, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 17, 2034
Held by Firmenich S.A.
Filed Aug 25, 2015 as application 14/770,452 · Granted Dec 21, 2021
Base term plus 1171 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2037
Clock starts
Feb 17, 2014
Feb 17, 2014
Term ends
May 3, 2037
May 3, 2037
Granted
Dec 21, 2021
Dec 21, 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
1,171
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.
24
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 1171 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 Feb 17, 2014, when application PCT/EP2014/052991, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 25, 2015) | Feb 17, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1171 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 3, 2037 | 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 | May 3, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,202,463 | this patent May 2037 | May 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2016/036777 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 15/305,686 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,640,479 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 11,267,852 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 11,266,172 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,203,729 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,179,302 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
8 of 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2015 Reel 36419, frame 111 | Bouquerand, Pierre-etienne; Koorapati, Anupama; Maio, Serge; Meyer, Francois; Vivien-castioni, Nathalie | Firmenich S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 26, 2016 Reel 37585, frame 633 | Bouquerand, Pierre-etienne; Koorapati, Anupama; Maio, Serge; Meyer, Francois; Castioni, Nathalie Vivien | Firmenich S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2037
Term ends May 3, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1171 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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