Also listed on Nestec S.A., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 18, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 28, 2036
Held by Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Filed May 11, 2018 as application 15/775,540 · Granted Jun 7, 2022
Base term plus 172 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2016
Oct 28, 2016
Term ends
Apr 18, 2037
Apr 18, 2037
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Jun 7, 2022
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
172
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 11,266,160, to Apr 18, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 172 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 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 Oct 28, 2016, when application PCT/EP2016/076121, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 11, 2018) | Oct 28, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +172 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 18, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,266,160) | resolves to Apr 18, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Apr 18, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,350,645 | this patent Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 11,974,584 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 12,357,003 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
3 of 4 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. |
| Apr 29, 2022 Reel 59730, frame 571 | Sahai, Deepak; Maharaj, Amrit; Rahmani, Rachid; Raederer, Marc; Palzer, Stefan; Crosnier, Herve | Nestec S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2037
Term ends Apr 18, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 172 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 11,266,160, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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.