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Process and System for Producing Pulp, Energy, and Bioderivatives from Plant-Based and Recycled Materials

US 10,322,395 In force
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Term ends Jun 13, 2036 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Circ, Inc.
Filed Nov 27, 2017 as application 15/822,414 · Granted Jun 18, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2016
Term ends
Jun 13, 2036
Granted
Jun 18, 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.
6
Family applications on record here
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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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 13, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/037188, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 27, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 13, 2036High 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 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 orderJun 13, 2036Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/037188PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,322,395this patent
Jun 2036
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US 10,603,651In force
Jun 2036
Jun 2036
US 11,305,254In force
Jun 2036
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US 12,678,759In force
Dec 2038
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Application 19/658,961Pending
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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
Dec 8, 2017
Reel 44336, frame 817
Kumar, Sandeep; Majeranowski, Peter; Bobe, Iulian; Barla, Florin; Kostenyuk, IgorTyton Biosciences, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 8, 2017
Reel 44336, frame 906
Bobe, Iulian; Barla, Florin; Majeranowski, PeterTyton Biosciences, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 14, 2020
Reel 54749, frame 183
Tyton Biosciences, LLCCirc, LLCChange of Name
Nov 3, 2022
Reel 61877, frame 759
Circ, LLCCirc, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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