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Flexible Metal Clad Laminates and Methods of Preparation Thereof

US 12,545,780 In force
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Term ends Sep 20, 2042 · High confidence

Filed Sep 18, 2023 as application 18/468,830 · Granted Feb 10, 2026
Base term plus 280 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2042
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2021
Term ends
Sep 20, 2042
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
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
280
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
8
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 runs 280 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Dec 14, 2021, when application 17/644,146, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 18, 2023)Dec 14, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+280 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 20, 2042High 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 orderSep 20, 2042High confidence

This family

Application 63/130,130Provisional application
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US 11,873,369In force
Dec 2041
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Application 63/367,531Provisional application
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Application 63/375,895Provisional application
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Application 63/375,889Provisional application
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Application 18/344,988Pending
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Application 18/468,814Pending
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US 12,545,780this patent
Sep 2042
Sep 2042
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
Nov 21, 2023
Reel 65641, frame 115
Tian, Jason; Ding, Ruidong; Mhetar, VijayKraton Polymers LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 21, 2023
Reel 65660, frame 192
Kraton Polymers LLCKraton CorporationChange of Name
Nov 26, 2023
Reel 65660, frame 747
Kraton CorporationNotark LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 4, 2024
Reel 67608, frame 978
Notark LLCNotark CorporationCertificate of Conversion

Sources

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