Term ends Jan 15, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 15, 2030
Held by Sekisui Polymatech Co., Ltd.
Filed Jul 12, 2011 as application 13/144,164 · Granted May 14, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2010
Jan 15, 2010
Term ends
Jan 15, 2030
Jan 15, 2030
Granted
May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 15, 2010, when application PCT/JP2010/050383, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2011) | Jan 15, 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 | 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 | Jan 15, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,439,690 | this patent Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2011 Reel 26577, frame 995 | Takeuchi, Akihito; Mizoguchi, Hitoshi | Polymatech Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2015 Reel 35301, frame 276 | Polymatech Co., Ltd. | Polymatech Japan Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2018 Reel 45964, frame 914 | Polymatech Japan Co., Ltd. | Sekisui Polymatech Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Jan 2030
Term ends Jan 15, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
3
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.
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