Term ends May 18, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 29, 2036
Held by CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
Filed Feb 29, 2016 as application 15/055,794 · Granted Feb 27, 2018
Base term plus 79 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Feb 29, 2016
Feb 29, 2016
Term ends
May 18, 2036
May 18, 2036
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Feb 27, 2018
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
79
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.
6
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 79 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 29, 2016, when this application, 15/055,794, was filed | Feb 29, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +79 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 18, 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 | May 18, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,902,571 | this patent May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 10,676,291 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,486,919 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,421,623 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,994,952 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,899,561 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
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 1, 2016 Reel 37860, frame 420 | Hui, Ka Po Catherine; Roberge, Martin J.; Denis, Joel Jean-claude; Carlton, Owen Robert; Thompson, Dennis George | CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2036
Term ends May 18, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 79 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.