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289 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
75 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 24 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.
  • 2 fees due Nov 23 to 28, 2026 · next Nov 23
  • 3 fees due Dec 4 to 25, 2026 · next Dec 4
  • 4 fees due Jan 11 to 25, 2027 · next Jan 11
  • 3 fees due Feb 8 to 18, 2027 · next Feb 8
  • 1 fee due Mar 3, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Plant for producing oxygen by cryogenic air separation (US 10,401,083) comes due Mar 3, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 3, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 13 fees due Apr 1 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 1
  • 9 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
  • 6 fees due Jun 5 to 19, 2027 · next Jun 5
  • 6 fees due Jul 5 to 28, 2027 · next Jul 5
  • 6 fees due Aug 4 to 25, 2027 · next Aug 4
  • 12 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
  • 4 fees due Oct 7 to 16, 2027 · next Oct 7
  • 2 fees due Nov 7 to 10, 2027 · next Nov 7

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Recent changes

  • 15 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 2 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 8,093,439Method for Oligomerization And/Or Polymerization of Ethylene with Flushing of Equipment and Piping
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,142,543Refining ferroalloys
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,554,002Method for cold supply to the low-temperature separation stage of an olefin plant
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,058,369Method for Operating Bubble Column Reactor for the Oligomerization of Ethylene
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,763,117Method for the manufacture of extended steel products
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,012,577Method for Preparing Linear Alpha-Olefins With Improved Heat Removal
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,572,363Steam generation in steam reforming processes
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,766,995Ozone production processes and its use in industrial processes
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,632,475Process for removing contaminants from gas streams
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,717,219Water inlet arrangement
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 289: 75 patents in force now held by others · 429 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 657 ended at full term · 2 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.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

56 pending · 73 abandoned · 332 no status recorded

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