Term ends Aug 6, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 11, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Danisco US Inc.
Filed Dec 21, 2023 as application 18/392,655 · Granted May 12, 2026
Base term plus 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jul 11, 2008
Jul 11, 2008
Term ends
Aug 6, 2028
Aug 6, 2028
Granted
May 12, 2026
May 12, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
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
26
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
5
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 26 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. No maintenance fee can end this term early. 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 Jul 11, 2008, when application PCT/EP2008/059119, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 21, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 11, 2028 | 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 | +26 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 6, 2028 | 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 | No maintenance fee can end the term early | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 6, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 12/670,050 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,927,399 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| Application 17/081,187 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,624,381 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
4 of 5 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 6, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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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.