Term ends May 24, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 24, 2033
Held by Versum Materials US, LLC
Filed Mar 18, 2016 as application 15/073,899 · Granted Apr 4, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
May 24, 2013
May 24, 2013
Term ends
May 24, 2033
May 24, 2033
Granted
Apr 4, 2017
Apr 4, 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 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.
6
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 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 May 24, 2013, when application 13/902,300, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 18, 2016) | May 24, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 24, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,337,018 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,627,193 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,613,799 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,997,350 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 10,077,364 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 10,283,350 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2016 Reel 38762, frame 411 | Xiao, Manchao; Lei, Xinjian; Spence, Daniel P.; Chandra, Haripin; Han, Bing; O'neill, Mark Leonard; Mayorga, Steven Gerard; Mallikarjunan, Anupama | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 27, 2016 Reel 40503, frame 442 | Versum Materials US, LLC | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 20, 2017 Reel 41772, frame 733 | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Versum Materials US, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2019 Reel 50647, frame 1 | Citibank, N.A., as Agent | Versum Materials US, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 24, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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