Term ends Apr 23, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 26, 2033
Filed Mar 26, 2013 as application 13/850,384 · Granted Aug 8, 2017
Base term plus 1124 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2036
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2013
Mar 26, 2013
Term ends
Apr 23, 2036
Apr 23, 2036
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Aug 8, 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
1,124
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.
7
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 1124 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 Mar 26, 2013, when this application, 13/850,384, was filed | Mar 26, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1124 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 23, 2036 | 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 | Apr 23, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2009/069434 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,941,384 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,725,963 | this patent Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,000,296 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2014/031808 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/042921 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,903,197 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2013 Reel 30799, frame 907 | Floerke, Helmut Dieter; Roders, Ingo; Mueller, Stephan | Baker Hughes Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2018 Reel 47778, frame 861 | Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC | BHGE Ventures & Growth LLC | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48093, frame 118 | BHGE Ventures & Growth, LLC | Nextstream Wired Pipe, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2019 Reel 48356, frame 318 | Baker Hughes Incorporated | Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 5, 2019 Reel 48504, frame 382 | Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC | Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2019 Reel 49008, frame 318 | BHGE Ventures & Growth, LLC | Nextstream Wired Pipe, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Assignee on Page 2 Above Signature Previously Recorded at Reel: 048093 Frame: 0118. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2036
Term ends Apr 23, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1124 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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
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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.