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Multi-Stage Lithiation for Cathode Material

US 12,738,489 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 13, 2025 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).

Term ends Jun 1, 2044 · High confidence

Filed Aug 7, 2023 as application 18/230,938 · Granted Sep 15, 2026
Base term plus 299 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2023 2044
Clock starts
Aug 7, 2023
Term ends
Jun 1, 2044
Granted
Sep 15, 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
299
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.

This patent's term runs 299 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 Aug 7, 2023, when this application, 18/230,938, was filedAug 7, 2043High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+299 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 1, 2044High 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 orderJun 1, 2044High confidence

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
Oct 15, 2024
Reel 68894, frame 100
Liu, Yadong; Gratz, Eric; Deng, Haixia; Mistry, Dhiren; Parmar, Anil; Monzon, MarthaAscend Elements, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 16, 2025
Reel 71147, frame 634
Ascend Elements, Inc.Avenue Capital Management II, L.P.Security Interest
Jun 13, 2025
Reel 71564, frame 618
Ascend Elements, Inc.Alter Domus (US) LLCIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Dec 12, 2025
Reel 73935, frame 873
Avenue Capital Management II, L.P.Ascend Elements, Inc.Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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