Lapsed Mar 19, 2021 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 22, 2026
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
Filed Nov 22, 2006 as application 11/562,625 · Granted Mar 19, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 864 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 19, 2021
2006
2029
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2006
Nov 22, 2006
No longer in force
Mar 19, 2021
Mar 19, 2021
Granted
Mar 19, 2013
Mar 19, 2013
Term would have run to
Apr 4, 2029
Apr 4, 2029
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
864
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 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.
Its term would have run to Apr 4, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 864 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Nov 22, 2006, when this application, 11/562,625, was filed | Nov 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +864 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 4, 2029 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 19, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 19, 2021 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,268,934 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,399,573 | this patent Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
| Application PCT/US2007/075812 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/075809 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 12/099,814 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,492,474 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 9,096,760 | In force no later than Nov 2026 | no later than Nov 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2007 Reel 19014, frame 252 | Gallucci, Robert Russell; Mullen, Tara; Odle, Roy; Sheth, Kapil Chandrakant; White, James M. | General Electric Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 834 | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 864 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 19, 2021. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.