Term ends Mar 1, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 7, 2036
Held by SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
Filed Jun 25, 2020 as application 16/912,198 · Granted Oct 4, 2022
Base term plus 175 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Sep 7, 2016
Sep 7, 2016
Term ends
Mar 1, 2037
Mar 1, 2037
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Oct 4, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
175
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.
6
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 175 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 Sep 7, 2016, when application PCT/IB2016/055333, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 25, 2020) | Sep 7, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +175 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 1, 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 | Mar 1, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,434,846 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 10,717,348 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 11,458,709 | this patent Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,845,240 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 12,330,397 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
5 of 6 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 25, 2020 Reel 53065, frame 113 | Schellekens, Geert Jan; Terragni, Matteo | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2037
Term ends Mar 1, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 175 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.