Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 13, 2023 (Keyframe Capital Partners, L.P.).
Term ends Feb 9, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 9, 2042
Held by Element Energy, Inc.
Filed Feb 9, 2022 as application 17/650,472 · Granted Jul 11, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2022
2042
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2022
Feb 9, 2022
Term ends
Feb 9, 2042
Feb 9, 2042
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023
base term
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.
0 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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Feb 9, 2022, when this application, 17/650,472, was filed | Feb 9, 2042 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 9, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,699,909 | this patent Feb 2042 | Feb 2042 |
| Application PCT/US2023/062273 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,683,412 | In force Feb 2042 | Feb 2042 |
| US 12,155,241 | In force Feb 2042 | Feb 2042 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2022 Reel 59422, frame 896 | Kahn, Seth Marshall; Cammi, Corrado; Stratakos, Anthony John; Fasching, Rainer Johannes | Element Energy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2023 Reel 63318, frame 456 | Element Energy, Inc. | Keyframe Capital Partners, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2025 Reel 70731, frame 176 | Element Energy, Inc. | Keyframe Capital Partners, L.p. | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2042
Term ends Feb 9, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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