Collateral for a security interest recorded May 27, 2022 (BMO Harris Bank, N.A.).
Lapsed Aug 12, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 5, 2026
Why Medium: The fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case".
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.
Filed Nov 5, 2012 as application 13/668,838 · Granted Aug 12, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 110 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 12, 2026
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 5, 2006
Oct 5, 2006
No longer in force
Aug 12, 2026
Aug 12, 2026
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 2014
Term would have run to
Jan 23, 2027
Jan 23, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
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
110
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
Its term would have run to Jan 23, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 110 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Oct 5, 2006, when application 11/539,129, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 5, 2012) | Oct 5, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +110 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 23, 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 | The fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case" | lapsed Aug 12, 2026 | Medium confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 12, 2026 | Medium 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 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,329,236 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,802,181 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2012 Reel 29358, frame 150 | Grossbier, Dustin; Bermea, Marcello; Chigurupati, Sambasiva Rao | S & P Ingredient Development, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's 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 |
Sources
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Note
The 110 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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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