Lapsed Apr 22, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 11, 2031
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by SHPP Global Technologies B.V.
Filed Aug 11, 2011 as application 13/207,930 · Granted Apr 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 142 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Apr 22, 2026
2011
2031
Clock starts
Aug 11, 2011
Aug 11, 2011
No longer in force
Apr 22, 2026
Apr 22, 2026
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014
Term would have run to
Dec 31, 2031
Dec 31, 2031
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
142
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 8,674,008, US 8,703,856, to Dec 31, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
13
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 Dec 31, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 142 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: 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 Aug 11, 2011, when this application, 13/207,930, was filed | Aug 11, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +142 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 31, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,674,008, US 8,703,856) | resolves to Dec 31, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 22, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,703,855 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 9,006,324 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 8,981,015 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2012/031148 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/031146 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/031731 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/031723 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/031729 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 13 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 19, 2011 Reel 27088, frame 203 | Sybert, Paul D.; Van De Wetering, Karin; Van De Grampel, Robert D.; Van Zyl, Andries J.p.; Pal, Jaykisor | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2016 Reel 38883, frame 816 | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | Change of Name |
| Nov 26, 2020 Reel 54528, frame 467 | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | SHPP Global Technologies B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2021 Reel 57453, frame 680 | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | SHPP Global Technologies B.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove the Application Number 15039474 Previously Recorded at Reel: 054528 Frame: 0467. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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Note
The 142 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 8,674,008, US 8,703,856, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
25
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
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