Term ends Oct 3, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 31, 2029
Held by Zymeflow, Inc.
Filed Mar 31, 2009 as application 12/415,283 · Granted Apr 22, 2014
Base term plus 916 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2009
Mar 31, 2009
Term ends
Oct 3, 2031
Oct 3, 2031
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
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
916
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
7
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 runs 916 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 Mar 31, 2009, when this application, 12/415,283, was filed | Mar 31, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +916 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 3, 2031 | 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 | Oct 3, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,702,994 | this patent Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 9,682,878 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 10,065,874 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 10,723,641 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 11,383,994 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 12,391,588 | In force no later than May 2030 | no later than May 2030 |
| Application 19/270,401 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2009 Reel 22724, frame 672 | Frost, Jack G.; Snyder, Kenneth J., JR. | United Laboratories International, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2013 Reel 31327, frame 650 | United Laboratories International, LLC | Texas Capital Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Jan 5, 2015 Reel 34631, frame 429 | United Laboratories International, LLC; Global Vapor Control, Inc. | Abacus Finance Group, LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 5, 2015 Reel 34634, frame 719 | Texas Capital Bank, National Association | United Laboratories International, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 8, 2023 Reel 64839, frame 568 | Abacus Finance Group LLC | United Laboratories International LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 12, 2025 Reel 70491, frame 243 | United Laboratories International, LLC | Tristar Global Energy Solutions, Inc. | Merger |
| Mar 13, 2025 Reel 70508, frame 396 | Tristar Global Energy Solutions, Inc. | CR3 Zymeflow, Inc. | Merger |
| Mar 15, 2025 Reel 70523, frame 169 | CR3 Zymeflow, Inc. | Zymeflow, Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 3, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 916 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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