Term ends Nov 3, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2027
Held by Agrigenetics, Inc.
Filed Nov 23, 2011 as application 13/304,193 · Granted Dec 10, 2013
Base term plus 233 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2007
Mar 15, 2007
Term ends
Nov 3, 2027
Nov 3, 2027
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Dec 10, 2013
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
233
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.
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 runs 233 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 15, 2007, when application 11/686,844, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 23, 2011) | Mar 15, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +233 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 3, 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 3, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 60/783,015 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,820,883 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,088,979 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,071,847 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,535,893 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,603,755 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2011 Reel 27295, frame 61 | Walsh, Terence A.; Hicks, Glenn; Honma, Mary | Dow AgroSciences LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2011 Reel 27297, frame 496 | Davies, John P. | Exelixis Plant Sciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2011 Reel 27305, frame 534 | Exelixis Plant Sciences, Inc. | Agrigenetics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 3, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 233 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites 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
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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.