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Polyether Derivatives, Uses, and Methods of Making the Same

US 12,195,588 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 7, 2026 (Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated).

Term ends Jul 31, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Oct 17, 2023 as application 18/488,949 · Granted Jan 14, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2018
Term ends
Jul 31, 2038
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,844,169, US 11,872,300, to Jul 31, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jul 31, 2018, when application PCT/US2018/044657, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 17, 2023)Jul 31, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,844,169, US 11,872,300)resolves to Jul 31, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 31, 2038High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2018/044657PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,844,169In force
Jul 2038
Jul 2038
US 11,518,850In force
Oct 2038
Oct 2038
US 11,827,746In force
Jul 2038
Jul 2038
US 12,195,588this patent
Jul 2038
Jul 2038
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
Dec 5, 2023
Reel 65763, frame 804
Foley, Patrick; Yang, Yonghua; Salam, TaniaP2 Science, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 7, 2026
Reel 75926, frame 298
P2 Science, Inc.,Connecticut Innovations, IncorporatedSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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