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Manufacturing Apparatus And Method For Making Silicon Nanowires On Carbon Based Powders For Use In Batteries

US 11,728,477 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 26, 2024 (Volta Energy Technologies, LLC).

Term ends Jul 14, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jul 14, 2017 as application 15/650,797 · Granted Aug 15, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jul 14, 2017
Term ends
Jul 14, 2037
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
base term 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.
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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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 14, 2017, when this application, 15/650,797, was filedJul 14, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 14, 2037High confidence

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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 21, 2017
Reel 44465, frame 875
Zhu, Yimin; Pluvinage, VincentOneD Material LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 31, 2020
Reel 53375, frame 462
OneD Material LLCOneD Material, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 26, 2024
Reel 68174, frame 120
OneD Material, Inc.Volta Energy Technologies, LLC, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement

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