Term ends Mar 31, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 24, 2030
Held by Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
Filed Nov 21, 2014 as application 14/550,782 · Granted Feb 28, 2017
Base term plus 400 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2010
Feb 24, 2010
Term ends
Mar 31, 2031
Mar 31, 2031
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Feb 28, 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
400
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.
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 runs 400 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 Feb 24, 2010, when application 12/712,083, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 21, 2014) | Feb 24, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +400 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 31, 2031 | 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 | Mar 31, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,878,111 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,424,808 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,729,442 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,487,308 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 8,876,059 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,894,016 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,991,767 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 9,580,191 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2015 Reel 34938, frame 659 | Featherstone, Mark | Blue Origin, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2015 Reel 36600, frame 798 | Boelitz, Frederick W.; Ramsey, Roger E.; Biggs, David M. | Blue Origin, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 20, 2025 Reel 70585, frame 314 | Blue Origin, LLC | Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 31, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 400 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
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.