Term ends Feb 14, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 28, 2029
Held by PepsiCo, Inc.
Filed Aug 28, 2009 as application 12/550,101 · Granted Jun 3, 2014
Base term plus 1266 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2033
Clock starts
Aug 28, 2009
Aug 28, 2009
Term ends
Feb 14, 2033
Feb 14, 2033
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Jun 3, 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
1,266
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.
8
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 1266 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 Aug 28, 2009, when this application, 12/550,101, was filed | Aug 28, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1266 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 14, 2033 | 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 | Feb 14, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,740,020 | this patent Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,272,827 | In force no later than Jan 2032 | no later than Jan 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2011/067801 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,590,753 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2012/071900 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,260,284 | In force no later than Aug 2029 | no later than Aug 2029 |
| US 9,708,109 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application 15/436,175 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2009 Reel 23420, frame 816 | Marina, Carlos Hernan; Ruiz De Gopegui, Ricardo | PepsiCo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2009 Reel 23420, frame 845 | Smart Design, LLC | PepsiCo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2009 Reel 23420, frame 870 | Enga, Agnete; Faivre D'arcier, Vincent; Connelly, Tim; Cedar, Jonathan; Fort, Tucker | Smart Design, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2033
Term ends Feb 14, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1266 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
95
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.