Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 17, 2022 (Citibank, N.A.).
Term ends Jul 31, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 11, 2028
Held by MacDermid Enthone Inc.
Filed Aug 12, 2010 as application 12/672,980 · Granted May 5, 2015
Base term plus 354 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Aug 11, 2008
Aug 11, 2008
Term ends
Jul 31, 2029
Jul 31, 2029
Granted
May 5, 2015
May 5, 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
354
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.
3
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 354 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 Aug 11, 2008, when application PCT/US2008/072779, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 12, 2010) | Aug 11, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +354 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 31, 2029 | 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 | Jul 31, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,023,228 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,752,074 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2010 Reel 24827, frame 280 | Schildmann, Mark Peter; Prinz, Ulrich, DR.; Werner, Christoph, DR. | Enthone Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2016 Reel 38439, frame 777 | Enthone Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 4, 2019 Reel 48233, frame 141 | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | MacDermid Enthone Inc. (F/K/A Enthone Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 5, 2019 Reel 48261, frame 110 | MacDermid Enthone Inc. (F/K/A Enthone Inc.) | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 15, 2019 Reel 48355, frame 656 | Enthone Inc. | MacDermid Enthone Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 17, 2022 Reel 61956, frame 643 | Barclays Bank PLC | Citibank, N.a. | Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 31, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 354 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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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