Term ends Dec 15, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 15, 2028
Filed Jan 4, 2016 as application 14/987,681 · Granted Mar 6, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Dec 15, 2008
Dec 15, 2008
Term ends
Dec 15, 2028
Dec 15, 2028
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Mar 6, 2018
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,288,148, to Dec 15, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 Dec 15, 2008, when application 12/335,071, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 4, 2016) | Dec 15, 2028 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,288,148) | resolves to Dec 15, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Dec 15, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,288,148 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,260,727 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 8,709,785 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,909,144 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 10,626,420 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
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 2, 2017 Reel 43758, frame 175 | Cervin, Marguerite; Whited, Gregory M.; Chotani, Gopal; Sanford, Karl J.; Valle, Fernando; McAuliffe, Joseph C.; Miasnikov, Andrei; La Duca, Richard; Peres, Caroline | Danisco US Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2017 Reel 43758, frame 296 | Feher, Frank James; Puhala, Auron Scou | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,288,148, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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.