Term ends May 19, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 19, 2029
Held by Corn Products Development, Inc.
Filed Apr 2, 2015 as application 14/676,897 · Granted Oct 2, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
May 19, 2009
May 19, 2009
Term ends
May 19, 2029
May 19, 2029
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Oct 2, 2018
base term
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
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 19, 2009, when application 12/468,619, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 2, 2015) | May 19, 2029 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 19, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 12/468,619 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,085,475 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| Application 16/117,904 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2017 Reel 43119, frame 731 | Yildiz, Erhan; Trksak, Ralph; Yang, Yi; Pagaoa, Ron | Brunob II B.V.; National Starch LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2017 Reel 43119, frame 897 | Brunob II B.V.; National Starch LLC | Corn Products Development, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Pagaoa, Ron; Trksak, Ralph; Yang, Yi; Yildiz, Erhan | Brunob II B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Pagaoa, Ron; Trksak, Ralph; Yang, Yi; Yildiz, Erhan | National Starch LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 19, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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