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Thin Aerogel Materials

US 12,100,848 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 28, 2024 (Midcap Funding IV Trust).

Term ends Jun 12, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Dec 4, 2023 as application 18/528,371 · Granted Sep 24, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jun 12, 2015
Term ends
Jun 12, 2035
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 12, 2015, when application 14/738,193, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 4, 2023)Jun 12, 2035High 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 12, 2035High confidence

This family

Application 62/015,757Provisional application
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US 11,380,953In force
Jun 2036
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Application PCT/US2015/035727PCT application
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US 11,588,196In force
no later than Jun 2035
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US 11,658,361In force
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US 11,870,084In force
Jun 2035
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US 12,100,848this patent
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Application 18/761,114Pending
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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 4, 2023
Reel 65755, frame 14
Evans, Owen; Zafiropoulos, Nicholas; White, Shannon; Dong, Wenting; Rhine, WendellAspen Aerogels, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 28, 2024
Reel 68792, frame 245
Aspen Aerogels, Inc.; Aspen Aerogels Rhode Island, LLCMidcap Funding IV TrustSecurity Interest

Sources

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