Collateral for a security interest recorded May 27, 2022 (BMO Harris Bank, N.A.).
Term ended Oct 5, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 5, 2026
Filed May 12, 2011 as application 13/106,429 · Granted Jun 12, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 5, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 5, 2006
Oct 5, 2006
Term ended
Oct 5, 2026
Oct 5, 2026
Granted
Jun 12, 2012
Jun 12, 2012
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,989,016, to Oct 5, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
6
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Oct 5, 2006, when application 11/539,129, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 12, 2011) | Oct 5, 2026 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,989,016) | resolves to Oct 5, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 5, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,989,016 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2007/080510 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,197,878 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,329,236 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,802,181 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,549,568 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 26, 2011 Reel 26816, frame 287 | Chigurupati, Sambasiva Rao | Chigurupati, Sambasiva Rao; Manuel, Thomas L.; Fahey, Michael G. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2011 Reel 26816, frame 345 | Chigurupati, Sambasiva Rao; Manuel, Thomas L. | S & P Ingredient Development, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Chigurupati, Sambasiva Rao | Chigurupati, Sambasiva Rao | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Chigurupati, Sambasiva Rao | Manuel, Thomas L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Chigurupati, Sambasiva Rao | Fahey, Michael G. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 28, 2011 Reel 27145, frame 358 | Chigurupati, Sambasiva Rao; Manuel, Thomas L.; Fahey, Michael G. | S & P Ingredient Development, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Omission of Inventor/Assignor Michael G. Fahey Assignment Executed on August 2, 2011 Previously Recorded on Reel 026816 Frame 0345. Assignor(S) Hereby Confrims the Assignment of All of Assignor's Right, Title and Interest. |
| Mar 17, 2016 Reel 38135, frame 942 | S & P Ingredient Development, LLC | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 30, 2021 Reel 56096, frame 81 | S & P Ingredient Development, LLC | Proterra Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 4, 2021 Reel 56129, frame 794 | Comerica Bank | S & P Ingredient Development, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 27, 2022 Reel 60204, frame 584 | S & P Ingredient Development, LLC | BMO Harris Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 2, 2022 Reel 60088, frame 345 | Proterra Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | S & P Ingredient Development, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,989,016, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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