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Catalytic Distillation Technologies

39 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
6 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 8 name spellings.

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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 1 fee due Dec 23, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Method for producing high VCM coke (US 9,062,256) comes due Dec 23, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 23, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Mar 22, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for the production of dimethyl ether (US 9,139,503) comes due Mar 22, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 22, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 9, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Process and catalyst for cracking of ethers and alcohols (US 9,254,479) comes due Aug 9, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 9, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Process for the conversion of alcohols to olefins (US 9,272,965) comes due Sep 1, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 1, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 19, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Process for ultra low benzene reformate using catalytic distillation (US 9,315,741) comes due Oct 19, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 19, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 3 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,476,637Coated catalyst for aromatic alkylation
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US 7,547,810Coated catalyst for aromatic alkylation
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US 7,553,995Method of producing tertiary amyl ethyl ether
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US 8,415,495Process for continuous production of organic carbonates or organic carbamates and solid catalysts therefore
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US 7,888,541Double bond hydroisomerization of butenes
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US 7,745,674Alkylation slurry reactor
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US 7,825,282Process for the conversion of tertiary butyl alcohol to ethyl tertiary butyl ether
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US 8,829,260Process and catalyst for cracking of ethers and alcohols
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US 9,254,479Process and catalyst for cracking of ethers and alcohols
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US 8,236,172Process to hydrodesulfurize FCC gasoline resulting in a low-mercaptan product
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Also on record, not counted in the 39: 6 patents in force now held by others · 42 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 192 ended at full term · 1 surrendered on reissue. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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