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US 12,330,397 In force
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Term ends Sep 7, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Nov 2, 2023 as application 18/386,406 · Granted Jun 17, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Sep 7, 2016
Term ends
Sep 7, 2036
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
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6
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 7, 2016, when application PCT/IB2016/055333, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 2, 2023)Sep 7, 2036High 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 orderSep 7, 2036High 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
Nov 2, 2023
Reel 65445, frame 161
Schellekens, Geert Jan; Terragni, MatteoSABIC Global Technologies B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

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