Term ends Nov 26, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 22, 2026
Held by SHPP Global Technologies B.V.
Filed Jun 22, 2006 as application 11/425,725 · Granted Dec 6, 2011
Base term plus 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2006
Jun 22, 2006
Term ends
Nov 26, 2026
Nov 26, 2026
Granted
Dec 6, 2011
Dec 6, 2011
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
157
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
7
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 157 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jun 22, 2006, when this application, 11/425,725, was filed | Jun 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +157 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 26, 2026 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 26, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,168,726 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,491,997 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 8,071,693 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2007/068124 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/068103 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,597,788 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| Application 13/450,874 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 22, 2006 Reel 17826, frame 471 | Banerjee, Sustanta; Gallucci, Robert Russell; Haralur, Gurulingamurthy M.; Kailasam, Ganesh; Kernick, III, William A.; Vakil, Utpal Mahendra | General Electric Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2006 Reel 18010, frame 1 | Banerjee, Susanta; Gallucci, Robert Russell; Haralur, Gurulingamurthy M.; Kailasam, Ganesh; Kernick, III, William A.; Vakil, Utpal Mahendra | General Electric Company | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of Conveying Party, Susanta Banerjee and to Correct the Execution Date of Gurulingamurthy M. Haralur; 5/19/2006. Previously Recorded on Reel 017826 Frame 0471. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Spelling of Susanta Banerjee and the Execution Date of Gurulingamurthy M. Haralur, 5/19/2006, Are Correct.. |
| May 1, 2008 Reel 20985, frame 551 | General Electric Company | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 18, 2008 Reel 21423, frame 1 | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 17, 2014 Reel 32459, frame 798 | Citibank, N.a. | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 6, 2016 Reel 38883, frame 816 | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | Change of Name |
| Nov 26, 2020 Reel 54528, frame 467 | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | SHPP Global Technologies B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2021 Reel 57453, frame 680 | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | SHPP Global Technologies B.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove the Application Number 15039474 Previously Recorded at Reel: 054528 Frame: 0467. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 26, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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