Term ends Mar 4, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 20, 2035
Held by Climate LLC
Filed Aug 20, 2015 as application 14/831,165 · Granted Mar 20, 2018
Base term plus 197 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Aug 20, 2015
Aug 20, 2015
Term ends
Mar 4, 2036
Mar 4, 2036
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Mar 20, 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
197
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.
4
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 197 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 Aug 20, 2015, when this application, 14/831,165, was filed | Aug 20, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +197 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 4, 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 | Mar 4, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,922,405 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,346,958 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 10,902,566 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 11,651,478 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2015 Reel 36564, frame 109 | Sauder, Doug; Koch, Justin L.; Plattner, Troy L.; Baurer, Phil | 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
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 4, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 197 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
231
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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.