Term ends May 29, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 29, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Nov 26, 2013 as application 14/090,491 · Granted Feb 21, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
May 29, 2008
May 29, 2008
Term ends
May 29, 2028
May 29, 2028
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Feb 21, 2017
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 May 29, 2008, when application PCT/US2008/006799, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 26, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 29, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 29, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 12/792,307 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,287,743 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,622,222 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,372,276 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application 13/396,275 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,840,783 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 9,573,824 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 10,507,431 | In force May 2029 | May 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.
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 24, 2014 Reel 32126, frame 430 | WTG Holdings III Corp.; WTG Holdings II Corp.; Siemens Treated Water Outsourcing Corp.; Siemens Water Technologies LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement (Second Lien) |
| Jan 24, 2014 Reel 32126, frame 487 | WTG Holdings III Corp.; WTG Holdings II Corp.; Siemens Treated Water Outsourcing Corp.; Siemens Water Technologies LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Feb 7, 2014 Reel 32173, frame 401 | Siemens Water Technologies LLC | Evoqua Water Technologies LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 6, 2021 Reel 55845, frame 245 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Siemens Water Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest (Reel/Frame 032126/0487) |
| Apr 6, 2021 Reel 55845, frame 311 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Siemens Water Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest (Reel/Frame 032126/0430) |
| Oct 16, 2026 Reel 76718, frame 189 | Dupont Specialty Materials Singapore Pte. Ltd. | Filmtec Water Singapore Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 29, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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