Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 5, 2019 (Barclays Bank PLC).
Term ends Sep 7, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 23, 2032
Held by MacDermid Acumen, Inc.
Filed Mar 12, 2013 as application 13/795,382 · Granted Jan 3, 2017
Base term plus 958 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2034
Clock starts
Jan 23, 2012
Jan 23, 2012
Term ends
Sep 7, 2034
Sep 7, 2034
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Jan 3, 2017
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
958
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.
10
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 958 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 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 23, 2012, when application 13/356,004, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 12, 2013) | Jan 23, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +958 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 7, 2034 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 7, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,260,000 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 9,752,241 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2013/020115 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,534,306 | this patent Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2013/061860 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/021618 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,280,367 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,895,016 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2013 Reel 29971, frame 368 | Pearson, Trevor; Clarke, Terence; Chapaneri, Roshan V.; Robinson, Craig; Hyslop, Alison; Singh, Amrik | MacDermid Acumen, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2013 Reel 30831, frame 549 | MacDermid Acumen, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as First Lien Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 19, 2013 Reel 30831, frame 675 | MacDermid Acumen, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 1, 2013 Reel 31536, frame 778 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as First Lien Collateral Agent | Barclays Bank PLC, as Successor Collateral Agent | Assignment and Assumption of Security Interests at Reel/Frame Nos. 30831/0549, 30833/0660, 30831/0606, 30833/0700, and 30833/0727 |
| Nov 1, 2013 Reel 31537, frame 94 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | MacDermid Acumen, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 30831/0675 |
| Feb 4, 2019 Reel 48232, frame 405 | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | MacDermid Acumen, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 5, 2019 Reel 48260, frame 828 | MacDermid Acumen, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| 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
Sep 2034
Term ends Sep 7, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 958 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 2017 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.