Lapsed Dec 3, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 22, 2026
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by SHPP Global Technologies B.V.
Filed Apr 8, 2011 as application 13/082,859 · Granted Dec 3, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 3, 2021
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2006
Jun 22, 2006
No longer in force
Dec 3, 2021
Dec 3, 2021
Granted
Dec 3, 2013
Dec 3, 2013
Term would have run to
Jun 22, 2026
Jun 22, 2026
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 8,168,726, to Jun 22, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
7
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jun 22, 2026: 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. 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 Jun 22, 2006, when application 11/425,739, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 8, 2011) | Jun 22, 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 8,168,726) | resolves to Jun 22, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 3, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 3, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,168,726 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,491,997 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 8,071,693 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2007/068124 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/068103 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,597,788 | this patent Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| Application 13/450,874 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2017 Reel 43251, frame 974 | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | Change of Name |
| Nov 26, 2020 Reel 54528, frame 467 | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | SHPP Global Technologies B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2021 Reel 57453, frame 680 | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | SHPP Global Technologies B.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove the Application Number 15039474 Previously Recorded at Reel: 054528 Frame: 0467. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,168,726, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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.