Term ends Dec 14, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 30, 2030
Held by Blue Leaf I.P., Inc.
Filed Jan 23, 2018 as application 15/877,603 · Granted Dec 24, 2019
Base term plus 41 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Aug 30, 2010
Aug 30, 2010
Term ends
Dec 14, 2026
Dec 14, 2026
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Dec 24, 2019
base term
after the term ends
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
41
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,215,873.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 41 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is 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 30, 2010, when application 12/870,949, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 23, 2018) | Aug 30, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +41 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 10, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,215,873) | capped to Dec 14, 2026 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 14, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,522,889 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 9,215,837 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,307,688 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,854,724 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,907,222 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,588,252 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 10,512,202 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 11,483,957 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2019 Reel 51035, frame 543 | Adams, Brian T.; Wendte, Keith W. | CNH America LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 18, 2019 Reel 51044, frame 459 | CNH America LLC | CNH Industrial America LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 28, 2020 Reel 52048, frame 914 | CNH Industrial America LLC | Blue Leaf I.P., Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 14, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 41 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,215,873.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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