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Block Copolymers Including High Vinyl Segments

US 10,005,874 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 26, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Lion Elastomers Orange, LLC
Filed Aug 1, 2017 as application 15/665,849 · Granted Jun 26, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 26, 2026
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jul 23, 2009
No longer in force
Jun 26, 2026
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Term would have run to
Jul 23, 2029
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,732,178, to Jul 23, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.

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 filingClock starts Jul 23, 2009, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Aug 1, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jul 23, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,732,178)resolves to Jul 23, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 26, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 26, 2026Medium confidence

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