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Process and System for Producing Pulp, Energy, and Bioderivatives from Plant-Based and Recycled Materials

US 12,678,759 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Dec 1, 2038 · High confidence

Held by Circ, Inc.
Filed Apr 15, 2022 as application 17/769,388 · Granted Jul 14, 2026
USPTO first gave this application the number US 12,611,644 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 901 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2038
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2016
Term ends
Dec 1, 2038
Granted
Jul 14, 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
901
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.
6
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 901 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 Jun 13, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/037188, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 15, 2022)Jun 13, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+901 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 1, 2038High 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 1, 2038High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/037188PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,322,395In force
Jun 2036
Jun 2036
US 10,603,651In force
Jun 2036
Jun 2036
US 11,305,254In force
Jun 2036
Jun 2036
US 12,678,759this patent
Dec 2038
Dec 2038
Application 19/658,961Pending
not computed
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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
Apr 15, 2022
Reel 59609, frame 19
Bobe, Iulian; Barla, Florin; Majeranowski, PeterTyton Biosciences, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 15, 2022
Reel 59609, frame 733
Bobe, Iulian; Kumar, Sandeep; Kostenyuk, Igor; Barla, Florin; Majeranowski, PeterTyton Biosciences, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 15, 2022
Reel 59722, frame 306
Tyton Biosciences, LLCCirc, LLCChange of Name
Nov 3, 2022
Reel 61877, frame 759
Circ, LLCCirc, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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