Term ends Aug 22, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 24, 2029
Held by PepsiCo, Inc.
Filed Dec 14, 2012 as application 13/715,335 · Granted Dec 20, 2016
Base term plus 271 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Nov 24, 2009
Nov 24, 2009
Term ends
Aug 22, 2030
Aug 22, 2030
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Dec 20, 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
271
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.
10
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 271 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 24, 2009, when application 12/625,226, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 14, 2012) | Nov 24, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +271 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 22, 2030 | 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 | Aug 22, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,335,592 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,490,829 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,754,437 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2010/058072 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2010/058085 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2010/058081 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,521,922 | this patent Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,798,799 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 22, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 271 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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.