Term ends no later than Nov 20, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 17, 2025
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Dow Global Technologies LLC
Filed Mar 15, 2006 as application 11/376,838 · Granted Jan 4, 2011
Base term plus 978 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Mar 17, 2005
Mar 17, 2005
Ends no later than
Nov 20, 2027
Nov 20, 2027
Granted
Jan 4, 2011
Jan 4, 2011
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
978
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
3 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.
49
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 978 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 17, 2005, when application PCT/US2005/008917, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 15, 2006) | Mar 17, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +978 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Nov 20, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2005/008917 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,897,689 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 7,863,379 | this patent no later than Nov 2027 | no later than Nov 2027 |
| US 7,803,728 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 7,608,668 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 7,582,716 | Term ended Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 7,355,089 | Term ended Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 7,504,347 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
8 of 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2006 Reel 17741, frame 673 | Kapur, Mridula; Demirors, Mehmet; Wu, Shaofu; Cheung, Yunwa W.; Jain, Pradeep; Fuchs, David W. | Dow Global Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2017 Reel 42821, frame 779 | Dow Global Technologies Inc. | Dow Global Technologies LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends no later than Nov 20, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 978 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 20, 2027. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
43
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.