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Flame Retardant Laser Direct Structuring Materials

US 10,119,021 In force
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Term ends Oct 19, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Jun 21, 2013 as application 13/923,782 · Granted Nov 6, 2018
Base term plus 518 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2030
Clock starts
May 19, 2009
Term ends
Oct 19, 2030
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
518
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
3
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This patent's term runs 518 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 19, 2009, when application 12/468,474, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 21, 2013)May 19, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+518 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 19, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 19, 2030High 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
Jun 21, 2013
Reel 30662, frame 271
Li, Yanjun Frank; Meng, Jiru; Zou, Xiangping DavidSABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 22, 2014
Reel 33591, frame 673
SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.SABIC Global Technologies B.V.Change of Name
Aug 28, 2014
Reel 33649, frame 529
SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.SABIC Global Technologies B.V.Corrective Assignment to Correct Remove 10 Appl. Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 033591 Frame: 0673. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.
Aug 29, 2014
Reel 33663, frame 427
SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.SABIC Global Technologies B.V.Corrective Assignment to Correct the 12/116841, 12/123274, 12/345155, 13/177651, 13/234682, 13/259855, 13/355684, 13/904372, 13/956615, 14/146802, 62/011336 Previously Recorded on Reel 033591 Frame 0673. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.
Nov 26, 2020
Reel 54528, frame 467
SABIC Global Technologies B.V.SHPP Global Technologies B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2021
Reel 57453, frame 680
SABIC Global Technologies B.V.SHPP Global Technologies B.V.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove the Application Number 15039474 Previously Recorded at Reel: 054528 Frame: 0467. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

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