Term ends Nov 19, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 12, 2027
Held by Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
Filed Nov 17, 2008 as application 12/297,065 · Granted Mar 13, 2012
Base term plus 587 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Apr 12, 2007
Apr 12, 2007
Term ends
Nov 19, 2028
Nov 19, 2028
Granted
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
587
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.
2
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 587 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 Apr 12, 2007, when application PCT/EP2007/003258, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 17, 2008) | Apr 12, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +587 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 19, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 19, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,133,932 | this patent Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
1 of 2 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2008 Reel 21843, frame 752 | Kijlstra, Johan, DR.; Weuta, Peter H., DR.; Storch, Dirk; Duff, Daniel, DR.; Hoheisel, Werner, DR. | Bayer Technology Services GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 5, 2013 Reel 31157, frame 347 | Bayer Technology Services GmbH | Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 25, 2013 Reel 31477, frame 390 | Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH | Clariant International AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2021 Reel 55786, frame 26 | Clariant International AG | Agfa-Gevaert N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2023 Reel 64148, frame 617 | Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH | Clariant International AG | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Data Inside the Assignment Document and on the Cover Sheet Previously Recorded at Reel: 031477 Frame: 0390. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 19, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 587 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
35
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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