Collateral for a security interest recorded May 12, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Mar 13, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 13, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Bakelite Chemicals LLC
Filed Oct 10, 2016 as application 15/289,499 · Granted Apr 30, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2014
Mar 13, 2014
Term ends
Mar 13, 2034
Mar 13, 2034
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Apr 30, 2019
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
3
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Mar 13, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/025826, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 10, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 13, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Mar 13, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,464,162 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,273,328 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
2 of 3 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2018 Reel 46198, frame 325 | Ludvik, Joseph Frank; Dong, Xing; Qureshi, Shahid P.; Knazek, Gerald A. | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2022 Reel 60328, frame 250 | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC; Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP; ENERG2 Technologies, Inc.; Koch Agronomic Services LLC; Bakelite UK Holding Ltd.; Surface Tech LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 9, 2022 Reel 60328, frame 327 | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC; Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP; ENERG2 Technologies, Inc.; Koch Agronomic Services LLC; Bakelite UK Holding Ltd. | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 13, 2025 Reel 70495, frame 222 | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC | Bakelite Chemicals LLC | Change of Name |
| May 12, 2025 Reel 71276, frame 379 | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Assignment of Patent and Trademark Security Interest |
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Mar 2034
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Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
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