Also listed on Greentech Global Pte. Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 31, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2037
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Chemstone, Inc.
Filed Jun 28, 2019 as application 16/456,433 · Granted Dec 20, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2017
Aug 31, 2017
Term ends
Aug 31, 2037
Aug 31, 2037
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 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.
4
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: 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 Aug 31, 2017, when application 15/693,186, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 28, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 31, 2037 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 31, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,730,959 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 11,530,517 | this patent Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 11,345,831 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,098,134 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2019 Reel 50252, frame 969 | Spender, Jonathan; Bilodeau, Michael Albert; Mikail, Samuel | SM Technology Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 3, 2020 Reel 51998, frame 762 | SM Technology Holdings LLC | Greentech Global Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 5, 2021 Reel 54899, frame 396 | Greentech Global Pte. Ltd. | Greentech Global Pte. Ltd. | Change of Address |
| Jan 5, 2024 Reel 66194, frame 266 | Greentech Global Pte. Ltd. | Chemstone, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2037
Term ends Aug 31, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.