Term ends Dec 7, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 14, 2028
Held by Kellanova
Filed Nov 25, 2014 as application 14/552,858 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term plus 511 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Jul 14, 2008
Jul 14, 2008
Term ends
Dec 7, 2029
Dec 7, 2029
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 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
511
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
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 511 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Jul 14, 2008, when application 12/172,683, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 25, 2014) | Jul 14, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +511 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 7, 2029 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 7, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,989,012 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,919,245 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,930,731 | this patent Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2015 Reel 34681, frame 364 | Gambino, Charles | Kellogg Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2024 Reel 68283, frame 595 | Kellogg Company | Kellanova | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2029
Term ends Dec 7, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 511 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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.