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Surfactants for Oil and Gas Production

US 12,351,756 In force
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Term ends Dec 18, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Jun 18, 2024 as application 18/746,387 · Granted Jul 8, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2020
Term ends
Dec 18, 2040
Granted
Jul 8, 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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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 Jun 18, 2024)Dec 18, 2040High 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 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 18, 2040High 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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