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High-Density, Crack-Free Metallic Parts

US 10,099,267 In force
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Term ends Mar 1, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Mar 1, 2017 as application 15/446,491 · Granted Oct 16, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Mar 1, 2017
Term ends
Mar 1, 2037
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
base term 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 1, 2017, when this application, 15/446,491, was filedMar 1, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 1, 2037High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 7, 2017
Reel 41486, frame 598
Stawovy, Michael ThomasH.C. Starck Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 31, 2023
Reel 65402, frame 530
H.C. Starck Inc.Coldwater Facility Holding, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 1, 2023
Reel 65415, frame 744
Coldwater Facility Holding, LLCH.C. Starck Solutions Coldwater, LLCChange of Name
Nov 6, 2023
Reel 65472, frame 843
H.C. Starck Solutions Coldwater, LLC; H.C. Starck Solutions Euclid, LLCWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Feb 3, 2026
Reel 73679, frame 616
H.C. Starck Solutions Coldwater, LLCElmet Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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