Also listed on Bayer Bioscience N. V., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 20, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 7, 2028
Filed Jan 8, 2010 as application 12/668,303 · Granted Mar 17, 2015
Base term plus 774 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2008
Jul 7, 2008
Term ends
Aug 20, 2030
Aug 20, 2030
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Mar 17, 2015
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
774
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.
2
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 774 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 Jul 7, 2008, when application PCT/EP2008/005551, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 8, 2010) | Jul 7, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +774 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 20, 2030 | 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 | Aug 20, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,981,180 | this patent Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2010 Reel 23877, frame 556 | Laga, Benjamin; Den Boer, Bart; Lambert, Bart | Bayer Bioscience, N.v. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2012 Reel 27727, frame 396 | Bayer Bioscience, N.v. | Bayer CropScience N.V. | Merger |
| May 20, 2024 Reel 67464, frame 131 | Bayer CropScience N.V. | BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed, US LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2025 Reel 70057, frame 617 | BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC | BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 20, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 774 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
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