Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 9, 2022 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Lapsed Sep 3, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 9, 2031
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
Filed Apr 23, 2018 as application 15/959,433 · Granted Sep 3, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 3, 2023
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jun 9, 2011
Jun 9, 2011
No longer in force
Sep 3, 2023
Sep 3, 2023
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Sep 3, 2019
Term would have run to
Jun 9, 2031
Jun 9, 2031
base term
after the term ends
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,968,900, to Jun 9, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jun 9, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jun 9, 2011, when application 13/157,029, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 23, 2018) | Jun 9, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,968,900) | resolves to Jun 9, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 3, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 3, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,999,202 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,968,900 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,399,055 | this patent Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2018 Reel 45629, frame 474 | Mulik, Sudhir M.; Ludvik, Joseph F.; Fleming, Robert W.; Lee, Christopher M. | 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 |
| May 12, 2025 Reel 71276, frame 379 | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Assignment of Patent and Trademark Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,968,900, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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
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