Term ends Dec 9, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 11, 2031
Held by Precision Planting LLC
Filed Mar 15, 2013 as application 13/843,029 · Granted May 3, 2016
Base term plus 273 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2011
Mar 11, 2011
Term ends
Dec 9, 2031
Dec 9, 2031
Granted
May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
273
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.
14
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 273 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 Mar 11, 2011, when application 13/046,549, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 15, 2013) | Mar 11, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +273 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 9, 2031 | 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 9, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,950,260 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,474,208 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 9,330,062 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,324,197 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 9,631,964 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 9,629,308 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 9,756,785 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 9,723,784 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
8 of 14 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 5, 2013 Reel 30162, frame 425 | Thurow, Bradley R.; Gelinske, Joshua N.; Reich, Adam A.; Batcheller, Barry D.; Wiig, Johan A. | Intelligent Agricultural Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2025 Reel 72405, frame 969 | Intelligent Agricultural Solutions, LLC | Precision Planting LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 9, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 273 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
72
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 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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