Term ends Jan 7, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 7, 2028
Held by Climate LLC
Filed Mar 12, 2014 as application 14/206,643 · Granted Nov 1, 2016
Base term plus 159 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 7, 2008
Jan 7, 2008
Term ends
Jan 7, 2028
Jan 7, 2028
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Nov 1, 2016
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
159
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,386,137, US 8,738,243.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
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 159 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jan 7, 2008, when application PCT/US2008/050445, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 12, 2014) | Jan 7, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +159 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 14, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,386,137, US 8,738,243) | capped to Jan 7, 2028 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 7, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,078,367 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 8,386,137 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,738,243 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 9,481,294 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2014 Reel 32614, frame 695 | Sauder, Gregg A.; Koch, Justin L. | Precision Planting, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 7, 2014 Reel 32614, frame 712 | Precision Planting, Inc. | Precision Planting LLC | Merger |
| Mar 1, 2017 Reel 41427, frame 714 | Precision Planting LLC | The Climate Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2022 Reel 59320, frame 241 | The Climate Corporation | Climate LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 28, 2025 Reel 72257, frame 429 | Climate LLC | Climate LLC | Change of Address |
| Sep 2, 2025 Reel 72809, frame 473 | Climate LLC | Climate LLC | Change in Principal Place of Business |
| Mar 23, 2026 Reel 75177, frame 751 | Climate LLC | Monsanto Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2026 Reel 75177, frame 908 | Monsanto Company | Monsanto Technology LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 7, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 159 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,386,137, US 8,738,243.
Citations
28
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.