Term ends no later than May 17, 2030 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by Fiberlean Technologies Limited

Filed Sep 26, 2011 as application 13/245,144 · Granted Jul 31, 2012

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Ends no later than May 17, 2030

2010 2030

Clock starts
May 17, 2010

Ends no later than
May 17, 2030

Granted
Jul 31, 2012

base term 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

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

Unresolved

Terminal disclaimer

On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.

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.

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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 May 17, 2010, when application PCT/GB2010/000982, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2011)	May 17, 2030	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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved	no cap applied, and none guessed	Medium 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	no later than May 17, 2030	Medium confidence

This family

US 9,127,405	In force Nov 2030	Nov 2030
US 8,231,764	this patent no later than May 2030	no later than May 2030
US 10,100,464	Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026	Oct 2026
US 11,377,791	Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026	Jul 2026
US 11,162,219	Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025	Nov 2025
US 11,732,411	In force May 2030	May 2030
US 11,970,817	In force no later than May 2030	no later than May 2030
Application 18/619,339	Abandoned not computed	not computed

8 of 9 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
Oct 3, 2016 Reel 39921, frame 214	Imerys Minerals Limited	Fiberleantm Technologies Limited	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2016 Reel 39921, frame 266	Fiberleantm Technologies Limited	Fiberlean Technologies Limited	Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.

What's changing

May 2030

Term ends no later than May 17, 2030. No further fees fall due before then

Note

A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed

Open question

A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 17, 2030. We will not guess the cap.

Citations

later US patents cite this one

That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 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

This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.

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