Term ended Jan 20, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 20, 2026
Held by Omya International AG
Filed Aug 28, 2013 as application 14/011,971 · Granted Nov 4, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jan 20, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2006
Jan 20, 2006
Term ended
Jan 20, 2026
Jan 20, 2026
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Nov 4, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
32
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. 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 Jan 20, 2006, when application PCT/IB2006/000151, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 28, 2013) | Jan 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 20, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,889,068 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,944,815 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,999,284 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 10,221,316 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 8,974,877 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,029,448 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 8,877,127 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 10,221,317 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
8 of 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2014 Reel 33836, frame 897 | Omya Development AG | Omya International AG | Change of Name |
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.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.