Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 13, 2021 (The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.).
Term ends Oct 7, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 17, 2032
Filed Dec 4, 2015 as application 14/959,450 · Granted Aug 7, 2018
Base term plus 51 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Aug 17, 2012
Aug 17, 2012
Term ends
Oct 7, 2032
Oct 7, 2032
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Aug 7, 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
51
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,243,186, to Oct 7, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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 51 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 17, 2012, when application 13/588,996, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 4, 2015) | Aug 17, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +51 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 7, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,243,186) | resolves to Oct 7, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 7, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,243,186 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2013/054711 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,041,002 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 10,611,965 | In force no later than Aug 2032 | no later than Aug 2032 |
| US 11,441,077 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
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 14, 2016 Reel 37488, frame 158 | Quanci, John F.; Chun, Peter U.; Kaplarevic, Milos J.; Reiling, Vince G. | Suncoke Technology and Development LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2017 Reel 42552, frame 829 | Suncoke Technology and Development LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 6, 2019 Reel 49967, frame 471 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Suncoke Technology and Development LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 6, 2019 Reel 49967, frame 579 | Suncoke Technology and Development LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 13, 2021 Reel 56846, frame 548 | Suncoke Technology and Development LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2032
Term ends Oct 7, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 51 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,243,186, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
61
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.