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Gel Comprising a Phase-Change Material, Method of Preparing the Gel, Thermal Exchange Implement Comprising the Gel, and Method of Preparing the Thermal Exchange Implement

US 11,739,244 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Sep 25, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Oct 26, 2020 as application 17/080,510 · Granted Aug 29, 2023
Base term plus 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2013
Term ends
Sep 25, 2033
Granted
Aug 29, 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
57
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,077,389, US 10,829,675, US 9,598,622.
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.
5
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 runs 57 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 25, 2013, when application 14/036,497, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 26, 2020)Sep 25, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+57 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 21, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,077,389, US 10,829,675, US 9,598,622)capped to Sep 25, 2033High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 25, 2033High confidence

This family

US 9,556,373In force
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
US 9,598,622In force
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
US 10,077,389In force
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
US 10,829,675In force
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
US 11,739,244this patent
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 16, 2021
Reel 56565, frame 501
Formato, Richard M.; Bakllas, Dimitrios P.; Biswal, Amrut N.Cold Chain Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 16, 2021
Reel 56611, frame 643
Cold Chain Technologies, Inc.Cold Chain Technologies, Inc.Change of Address of Assignee
Jun 16, 2021
Reel 56611, frame 668
Cold Chain Technologies, Inc.Cold Chain Technologies, LLCChange of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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