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Membrane made of a blend of UHMW polyolefins

US 12,166,166 In force
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Term ends Jan 10, 2027 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant Celgard, LLC · find this owner
Filed Sep 28, 2020 as application 17/034,609 · Granted Dec 10, 2024
Base term plus 294 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Mar 22, 2006
Term ends
Jan 10, 2027
Granted
Dec 10, 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
294
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.

How we calculated this date

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 22, 2006, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Sep 28, 2020)Mar 22, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+294 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 10, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo maintenance fee can end the term earlyIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 10, 2027From the USPTO record

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