Term ends Mar 9, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 5, 2028
Held by Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Filed Dec 1, 2009 as application 12/602,577 · Granted Mar 24, 2015
Base term plus 277 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Jun 5, 2008
Jun 5, 2008
Term ends
Mar 9, 2029
Mar 9, 2029
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24, 2015
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
277
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.
22
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 277 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 Jun 5, 2008, when application PCT/EP2008/056968, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 1, 2009) | Jun 5, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +277 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 9, 2029 | 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 | Mar 9, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,226,611 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,409,646 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,271,598 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 8,986,764 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,277,837 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,813,634 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,431,175 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,658,232 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2010 Reel 24368, frame 846 | Yoakim, Alfred; Denisart, Jean-paul; Ryser, Antoine; Perentes, Alexandre | Nestec S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2019 Reel 49391, frame 756 | Nestec S.A. | Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. | Merger |
| Jun 13, 2019 Reel 49853, frame 398 | Nestec S.A. | Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the English Translation to Show the Full and Correct New Name in Section 51. Previously Recorded at Reel: 049391 Frame: 0756. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
| Jul 3, 2020 Reel 54082, frame 165 | Nestec S.A. | Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number 16062921 Previously Recorded on Reel 049391 Frame 0756. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Patent Number Should Have Been 16062912. |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 9, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 277 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
73
later US patents cite this one
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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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