Term ends Jun 17, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2034
Filed Jun 17, 2016 as application 15/105,655 · Granted Apr 30, 2019
Base term plus 187 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2014
Dec 12, 2014
Term ends
Jun 17, 2035
Jun 17, 2035
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Apr 30, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
187
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.
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 runs 187 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 Dec 12, 2014, when application PCT/JP2014/083027, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 17, 2016) | Dec 12, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +187 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 17, 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 17, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,276,858 | this patent Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 10,727,476 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 11,322,732 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 11,233,229 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2016 Reel 39396, frame 928 | Mizuno, Yusuke; Shindo, Yasuhiro; Tsudo, Yasuhiro; Kawakita, Kenichi; Kusachi, Yuki; Ohsawa, Yasuhiko; Satou, Hajime; Akama, Hiroshi; Horie, Hideaki | Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Akama, Hiroshi; Horie, Hideaki; Kawakita, Kenichi; Kusachi, Yuki; Mizuno, Yusuke; Ohsawa, Yasuhiko; Satou, Hajime; Shindo, Yasuhiro; Tsudo, Yasuhiro | Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Akama, Hiroshi; Horie, Hideaki; Kawakita, Kenichi; Kusachi, Yuki; Mizuno, Yusuke; Ohsawa, Yasuhiko; Satou, Hajime; Shindo, Yasuhiro; Tsudo, Yasuhiro | Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2035
Term ends Jun 17, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 187 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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