Also listed on S.M.E. Products LLP, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 11, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 18, 2034
Held by UOP LLC
Filed Aug 18, 2014 as application 14/462,056 · Granted May 2, 2017
Base term plus 297 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Aug 18, 2014
Aug 18, 2014
Term ends
Jun 11, 2035
Jun 11, 2035
Granted
May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017
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
297
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.
3
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 297 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 18, 2014, when this application, 14/462,056, was filed | Aug 18, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +297 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 11, 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 | Jun 11, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,637,428 | this patent Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2014/051544 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,927,171 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2014 Reel 33899, frame 798 | Hudson, Hank M.; Wilkinson, John D.; Lynch, Joe T.; Miller, Scott A.; Cuellar, Kyle T.; Johnke, Andrew F.; Lewis, W. Larry | Ortloff Engineers, Ltd.; S.M.E. Products, LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Hudson, Hank M.; Johnke, Andrew F.; Lewis, W. Larry; Lynch, Joe T.; Wilkinson, John D.; Miller, Scott A.; Cuellar, Kyle T. | Ortloff Engineers, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Hudson, Hank M.; Johnke, Andrew F.; Lewis, W. Larry; Lynch, Joe T.; Wilkinson, John D.; Miller, Scott A.; Cuellar, Kyle T. | S.M.E. Products, LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 24, 2020 Reel 54188, frame 807 | Ortloff Engineers, Ltd. | UOP LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2035
Term ends Jun 11, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 297 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2017 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.