Term ends Mar 21, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 14, 2040
Held by Cibo Technologies, Inc.
Filed Feb 14, 2020 as application 16/791,862 · Granted Nov 21, 2023
Base term plus 401 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2041
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2020
Feb 14, 2020
Term ends
Mar 21, 2041
Mar 21, 2041
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
401
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 11,682,090, US 11,720,723, US 11,720,724, US 11,727,170, US 11,798,043, to Mar 21, 2041. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
This patent's term runs 401 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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 14, 2020, when this application, 16/791,862, was filed | Feb 14, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +401 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 21, 2041 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,682,090, US 11,720,723, US 11,720,724, US 11,727,170, US 11,798,043) | resolves to Mar 21, 2041, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 21, 2041 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2020 Reel 51826, frame 361 | Rute, Jason M.; Bhambhani, Pankaj C.; Brau, Ernesto; Bussmann, R. Shane; Coffin, Marie A.; Hawkins, Amy E.; Kosmala, Margaret C.; White, Samuel P. | Cibo Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 31, 2020 Reel 53365, frame 61 | Cibo Technologies, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 20, 2020 Reel 53599, frame 25 | Cibo Technologies, Inc. | Cibo Technologies, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Aug 30, 2022 Reel 60934, frame 288 | Pacific Western Bank | Cibo Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 11, 2023 Reel 63300, frame 165 | Cibo Technologies, Inc. | Cibo Technologies, Inc. | Change of Address |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2041
Term ends Mar 21, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 401 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 11,682,090, US 11,720,723, US 11,720,724, US 11,727,170, US 11,798,043, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.