Term ends Jun 20, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 20, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Aug 9, 2012 as application 13/570,768 · Granted Feb 11, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jun 20, 2008
Jun 20, 2008
Term ends
Jun 20, 2028
Jun 20, 2028
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Feb 11, 2014
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
3
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: 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 Jun 20, 2008, when application 12/143,695, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 9, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 20, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | Jun 20, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,256,352 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2009/036215 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,646,389 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2020 Reel 53436, frame 262 | Olin Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 29, 2021 Reel 57016, frame 561 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Olin Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 19, 2026 Reel 74694, frame 881 | Olin Corporation; Olin Winchester, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral May 19, 2026 | Security Interest |
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.
What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 20, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.