Term ends Nov 10, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 25, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Filed Jul 19, 2010 as application 12/838,804 · Granted Jul 10, 2012
Base term plus 169 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
May 25, 2007
May 25, 2007
Term ends
Nov 10, 2027
Nov 10, 2027
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Jul 10, 2012
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
169
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
4
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 169 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 May 25, 2007, when application 11/802,831, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 19, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 25, 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 | +169 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 10, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 10, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,218,141 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,557,217 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 10,072,982 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2021 Reel 57781, frame 936 | Zimenkov, Oleg; Amouretti, Xavier; Gifford, Robert M.; Kennedy, Mark R.; Kontorovich, Michael; Norris, Ben; Sears, Richard N.; Venditti, Dan; Many, Christopher | Bti Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 14, 2021 Reel 57810, frame 551 | Bti Holdings, Inc. | Bti Holdings LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 8, 2021 Reel 58044, frame 759 | Bti Holdings LLC | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 10, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 169 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.