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Surfactants for Oil and Gas Production

US 11,891,568 In force
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Term ends Mar 5, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Nov 2, 2022 as application 17/979,637 · Granted Feb 6, 2024
Base term plus 77 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2041
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2020
Term ends
Mar 5, 2041
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
base term patent term adjustment 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
77
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
5
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 77 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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 Dec 18, 2020, when application 17/127,033, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 2, 2022)Dec 18, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+77 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 5, 2041High 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 orderMar 5, 2041High 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
Aug 14, 2026
Reel 76163, frame 178
Advansix Inc.; Advansix Resins & Chemicals LLCCitizens Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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