Term ends Sep 27, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 27, 2030
Held by Cargill, Incorporated
Filed Dec 18, 2014 as application 14/575,927 · Granted Aug 30, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2010
Sep 27, 2010
Term ends
Sep 27, 2030
Sep 27, 2030
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Aug 30, 2016
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,883,464, to Sep 27, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
6
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 27, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/050436, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 18, 2014) | Sep 27, 2030 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,883,464) | resolves to Sep 27, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Sep 27, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2010/050436 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,883,464 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,388,419 | In force no later than Sep 2030 | no later than Sep 2030 |
| US 9,428,778 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 10,100,342 | In force no later than Sep 2030 | no later than Sep 2030 |
| Application 16/159,135 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2015 Reel 37250, frame 874 | Lynch, Michael D. | Opx Biotechnologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2015 Reel 37255, frame 365 | Opx Biotechnologies, Inc. | Cargill, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 44165, frame 315 | Lynch, Michael D. | Opx Biotechnologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 44165, frame 346 | Lipscomb, Tanya E. W. | Opx Biotechnologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 44165, frame 394 | Gill, Ryan T. | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 45215, frame 695 | Opx Biotechnologies, Inc. | Cargill, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 27, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,883,464, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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.