Term ends Aug 11, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 11, 2031
Held by SHPP Global Technologies B.V.
Filed Sep 30, 2011 as application 13/251,137 · Granted Apr 14, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Aug 11, 2011
Aug 11, 2011
Term ends
Aug 11, 2031
Aug 11, 2031
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Apr 14, 2015
base term
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 8,674,008, US 8,703,856, US 9,012,550, to Aug 11, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
13
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 is 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. 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 Aug 11, 2011, when application 13/207,930, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2011) | Aug 11, 2031 | 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 8,674,008, US 8,703,856, US 9,012,550) | resolves to Aug 11, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 11, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,703,855 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 9,006,324 | this patent Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 8,981,015 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2012/031148 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/031146 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/031731 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/031723 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/031729 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2012 Reel 27581, frame 713 | Sybert, Paul D; Schultz Hume, Laura G; Hoover, James F | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2014 Reel 33591, frame 673 | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | Change of Name |
| Aug 28, 2014 Reel 33649, frame 529 | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct Remove 10 Appl. Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 033591 Frame: 0673. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Aug 29, 2014 Reel 33663, frame 427 | SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V. | SABIC Global Technologies B.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the 12/116841, 12/123274, 12/345155, 13/177651, 13/234682, 13/259855, 13/355684, 13/904372, 13/956615, 14/146802, 62/011336 Previously Recorded on Reel 033591 Frame 0673. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the 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. |
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What's changing
Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 11, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,674,008, US 8,703,856, US 9,012,550, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.