Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 17, 2026 (Citibank, N.A.).
Term ends Oct 27, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 27, 2040
Held by FMC Corporation
Filed Jun 14, 2023 as application 18/334,624 · Granted Aug 27, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Oct 27, 2020
Oct 27, 2020
Term ends
Oct 27, 2040
Oct 27, 2040
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Aug 27, 2024
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,721,050, to Oct 27, 2040. 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.
8
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Oct 27, 2020, when application 17/081,263, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 14, 2023) | Oct 27, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,721,050) | resolves to Oct 27, 2040, 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 | Oct 27, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/984,885 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 62/984,881 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,257,265 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 12,161,103 | In force Jun 2043 | Jun 2043 |
| Application PCT/US2021/020809 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2021/020805 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,721,050 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 12,073,496 | this patent Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
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 14, 2023 Reel 63948, frame 32 | Singh, Sukhvinder; Sterling, Sara Catherine; Barratt, Simon Bridge; D'Hyver de Las Deses, Paul; Lin, Wandi; Putterman, Ross Joseph | FMC Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2023 Reel 63960, frame 21 | Stuart-hoff, Ian Anthony | FMC Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2026 Reel 75403, frame 891 | FMC Corporation | Citibank, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 5, 2026 Reel 75820, frame 557 | FMC Corporation | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2040
Term ends Oct 27, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,721,050, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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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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