Lapsed Jun 11, 2025 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 5, 2028
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Borealis Technology Oy
Filed Oct 5, 2010 as application 12/744,715 · Granted Jun 11, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 73 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 11, 2025
2008
2029
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2008
Dec 5, 2008
No longer in force
Jun 11, 2025
Jun 11, 2025
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013
Term would have run to
Feb 16, 2029
Feb 16, 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
73
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.
2 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.
4
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 Feb 16, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 73 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 Dec 5, 2008, when application PCT/EP2008/010359, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 5, 2010) | Dec 5, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +73 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 16, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jun 11, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 11, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,139,709 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,461,280 | this patent Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
2 of 4 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 5, 2010 Reel 25089, frame 631 | Eriksson, Virginie; Vahteri, Markku; Vaananen, Marjo; Garoff, Thomas; Hatonen, Jari; Rekonen, Petri; Fredriksen, Siw Bodil; Nord-varhaug, Katrin; Seim, Marit; Nilsen, Jorunn; Helland, Irene | Borealis Technology Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2022 Reel 59219, frame 949 | Borealis AG | Borealis AG | Change of Address |
Sources
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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 73 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 Jun 11, 2025. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
5
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.