Term ends Dec 12, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 11, 2032
Held by Glytec, LLC
Filed Sep 14, 2012 as application 13/617,776 · Granted Oct 27, 2015
Base term plus 92 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Sep 11, 2012
Sep 11, 2012
Term ends
Dec 12, 2032
Dec 12, 2032
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Oct 27, 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
92
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
65
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 92 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Sep 11, 2012, when application 13/610,287, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 14, 2012) | Sep 11, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +92 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 12, 2032 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 12, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,897,565 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 9,171,343 | this patent Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,486,580 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 9,898,585 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,233,204 | In force no later than Oct 2034 | no later than Oct 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2015/011086 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2015/011559 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2015/011574 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2014 Reel 32699, frame 324 | Booth, Robert C | Aseko, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 21, 2014 Reel 32716, frame 672 | Fischell, Robert E | Aseko, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2022 Reel 60283, frame 849 | Aseko, Inc.; Glytec, LLC | Newlight Capital LLC, as Servicer | Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2023 Reel 64517, frame 872 | Aseko, Inc. | Hayfin Services LLP, as the Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2023 Reel 64530, frame 362 | Newlight Capital LLC | Aseko, Inc.; Glytec, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital LLC | Aseko, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital LLC | Glytec, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2024 Reel 67320, frame 764 | Aseko, Inc. | Glytec, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends Dec 12, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 92 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
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.