Lapsed Jul 23, 2021 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 22, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,399,573), so the cap could be lower.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
Filed Apr 9, 2008 as application 12/099,809 · Granted Jul 23, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 549 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 23, 2021
2006
2028
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2006
Nov 22, 2006
No longer in force
Jul 23, 2021
Jul 23, 2021
Granted
Jul 23, 2013
Jul 23, 2013
Term would have run to
May 24, 2028
May 24, 2028
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
549
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,268,934, US 8,399,573, to May 24, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 May 24, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 549 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 application 11/562,628, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 9, 2008) | Nov 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +549 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,268,934, US 8,399,573) | resolves to May 24, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 23, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 23, 2021 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,268,934 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,399,573 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2008 Reel 20775, frame 346 | Gallucci, Robert Russell; Mullen, Tara J.; Odle, Roy Ray; Sheth, Kapil Chandrakant; White, James Mitchell | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 18, 2009 Reel 22843, frame 918 | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 18, 2012 Reel 29486, frame 409 | Gallucci, Robert Russell; Mullen, Tara J.; Odle, Roy Ray; Sheth, Kapil Chandrakant; White, James Mitchell | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Incorrect Assignee Address of 1 Plastics Avenue, Pittsfield, Ma 01201 Previously Recorded on Reel 020775 Frame 0346. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Assignee Address Is 1 Plasticslaan, 4612 PX Bergen Op Zoom, the Netherlands. |
| 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 816 | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | Change of Name |
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Note
The 549 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,268,934, US 8,399,573, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
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