Term ends Apr 19, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 15, 2032
Held by Precision Planting LLC
Filed Nov 15, 2012 as application 13/678,441 · Granted Oct 25, 2016
Base term plus 885 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2035
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2012
Nov 15, 2012
Term ends
Apr 19, 2035
Apr 19, 2035
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Oct 25, 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
885
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 885 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 Nov 15, 2012, when this application, 13/678,441, was filed | Nov 15, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +885 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 19, 2035 | 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 | Apr 19, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,950,260 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,474,208 | this patent Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 9,330,062 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2012 Reel 29314, frame 26 | Batcheller, Barry D.; Gelinske, Joshua N.; Nystuen, Peder A. | Appareo Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 19, 2016 Reel 40075, frame 29 | Reich, Adam A. | Appareo Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 4, 2023 Reel 65126, frame 409 | Batcheller, Barry D; Gelinske, Joshua N; Nystuen, Paul A; Reich, Adam A | Intelligent Agricultural Solutions LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 27, 2025 Reel 71223, frame 558 | Intelligent Agricultural Solutions, LLC | Precision Planting LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2035
Term ends Apr 19, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 885 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
17
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.
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