Term ends Jan 12, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 12, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by BASF SE
Filed Sep 24, 2020 as application 17/031,225 · Granted Apr 5, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 12, 2007
Jan 12, 2007
Term ends
Jan 12, 2027
Jan 12, 2027
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Apr 5, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,053,368, US 11,332,594, US 11,365,303, to Jan 12, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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.
13
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. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 12, 2007, when application PCT/EP2007/050274, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 24, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 12, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,053,368, US 11,332,594, US 11,365,303) | resolves to Jan 12, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jan 12, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,884,947 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 11,142,621 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 11,332,594 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 11,124,620 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 11,292,886 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 11,053,368 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 11,292,887 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 11,365,303 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2021 Reel 56356, frame 159 | Prissok, Frank; Braun, Frank | BASF Aktiengesellschaft | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 26, 2021 Reel 56394, frame 394 | BASF Aktiengesellschaft | BASF SE | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 12, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,053,368, US 11,332,594, US 11,365,303, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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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.