Term ends Oct 19, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 20, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Monsanto Technology LLC
Filed Jan 22, 2021 as application 17/155,975 · Granted May 16, 2023
Base term plus 60 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Aug 20, 2015
Aug 20, 2015
Term ends
Oct 19, 2035
Oct 19, 2035
Granted
May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023
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
60
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.
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 60 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 20, 2015, when application 14/831,165, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 22, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 20, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +60 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 19, 2035 | 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 | Oct 19, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,922,405 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,346,958 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 10,902,566 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 11,651,478 | this patent Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2023 Reel 63255, frame 567 | Sauder, Doug; Koch, Justin L.; Plattner, Troy L.; Baurer, Phil | The Climate Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 10, 2023 Reel 63280, frame 942 | The Climate Corporation | Climate LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 2, 2025 Reel 72810, frame 487 | Climate LLC | Climate LLC | Change in Principal Place of Business |
| Mar 23, 2026 Reel 75177, frame 751 | Climate LLC | Monsanto Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2026 Reel 75177, frame 908 | Monsanto Company | Monsanto Technology LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Oct 2035
Term ends Oct 19, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 60 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 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.