Also listed on DCL Corporation (BP), LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 8, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 16, 2027
Held by Pigments Services, Inc.
Filed Jan 21, 2009 as application 12/374,515 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term plus 511 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Aug 16, 2007
Aug 16, 2007
Term ends
Jan 8, 2029
Jan 8, 2029
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Nov 8, 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
511
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.
2
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 511 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 16, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/076138, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 21, 2009) | Aug 16, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +511 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 8, 2029 | 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 8, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2007/076138 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,487,657 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2009 Reel 22131, frame 984 | Johnson, Mark W. | Sun Chemical Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 19, 2014 Reel 34209, frame 118 | Schulz, Gregory R. | Sun Chemical Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 2, 2021 Reel 57367, frame 799 | DCL Corporation (BP), LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2021 Reel 57659, frame 426 | Sun Chemical Corporation | DCL Corporation (BP), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2021 Reel 58437, frame 314 | DCL Corporation (BP), LLC | Virtus Group, LP | Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2022 Reel 60952, frame 618 | Virtus Group, LP | Delaware Trust Company | Agreement of Agent Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance |
| Dec 28, 2022 Reel 62231, frame 919 | DCL Corporation (BP), LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Apr 17, 2023 Reel 63350, frame 453 | Pigments Services, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| May 2, 2023 Reel 63512, frame 733 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | DCL Corporation (BP), LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2023 Reel 63618, frame 404 | Delaware Trust Company (as Successor in Interests to Virtus Group LP) | DCL Corporation (BP), LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2023 Reel 63618, frame 459 | Pigments Services, Inc. | Delaware Trust Company | Security Interest |
| May 12, 2023 Reel 63629, frame 788 | H.I.G. Colors Holdings, Inc.; H.I.G. Colors, Inc.; DCL Holdings (USA), Inc.; DCL Corporation (USA), LLC; DCL Corporation (BP), LLC; Dominion Colour Corporation (USA); DCL Corporation | Pigments Services, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 8, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 511 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
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.