Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 4, 2018 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jan 28, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 7, 2032
Filed Feb 4, 2014 as application 14/237,102 · Granted Oct 4, 2016
Base term plus 174 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Aug 7, 2012
Aug 7, 2012
Term ends
Jan 28, 2033
Jan 28, 2033
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Oct 4, 2016
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
174
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.
58
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 174 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 Aug 7, 2012, when application PCT/JP2012/005017, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 4, 2014) | Aug 7, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +174 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 28, 2033 | 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 | Jan 28, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,835,080 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 8,130,108 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,459,385 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 8,982,069 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 9,761,898 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| Application 14/234,189 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,461,312 | this patent Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 9,431,661 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
8 of 58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2014 Reel 32138, frame 508 | Aimu, Masanori; Perry, Randal Lewis; Roelofs, Mark Gerrit; Wheland, Robert Clayton; Aten, Ralph Munson | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha; E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Perry, Randal Lewis; Roelofs, Mark Gerrit; Wheland, Robert Clayton; Aten, Ralph Munson; Aimu, Masanori | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Perry, Randal Lewis; Roelofs, Mark Gerrit; Wheland, Robert Clayton; Aten, Ralph Munson; Aimu, Masanori | E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2018 Reel 45846, frame 11 | The Chemours Company FC, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2033
Term ends Jan 28, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 174 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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