Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 16, 2022 (Newlight Capital LLC, as Servicer).
Term ends Jan 2, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 2, 2040
Held by C3 Nano, Inc.
Filed Oct 24, 2021 as application 17/509,013 · Granted Oct 18, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jan 2, 2020
Jan 2, 2020
Term ends
Jan 2, 2040
Jan 2, 2040
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 2022
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
79
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 2, 2020, when application 16/733,194, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 24, 2021) | Jan 2, 2040 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 2, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,745,351 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| Application 16/891,893 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/929,680 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,562,565 | In force Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| US 11,604,832 | In force Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| US 11,669,913 | In force Jan 2040 | Jan 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2020/058726 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,421,656 | In force Jan 2040 | Jan 2040 |
8 of 79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2021 Reel 57887, frame 925 | Cristache, Lucian | Lucomm Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2022 Reel 60152, frame 890 | Virkar, Ajay | C3 Nano, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2022 Reel 60157, frame 396 | Scully, Christopher S. | C3 Nano, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2022 Reel 60157, frame 538 | Morris, Clifford M. | C3 Nano, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2022 Reel 60157, frame 973 | Yang, Xiqiang | C3 Nano, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2022 Reel 60158, frame 198 | Li, Ying-syi | C3 Nano, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2022 Reel 60158, frame 503 | Huang, Yung-yu | C3 Nano, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 16, 2022 Reel 60680, frame 217 | C3 Nano, Inc. | Newlight Capital LLC, as Servicer | Security Interest |
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Jan 2040
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Citations
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