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Method for Operating Production Plants Based on Recycled Material

US 12,763,391 In force
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Also listed on BASF Digital Solutions GmbH, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Mar 17, 2043 · High confidence

Held by BASF SE
Filed Sep 18, 2024 as application 18/848,393 · Granted Oct 13, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2023 2043
Clock starts
Mar 17, 2023
Term ends
Mar 17, 2043
Granted
Oct 13, 2026
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 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.
2
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 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 17, 2023, when application PCT/EP2023/056905, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 18, 2024)Mar 17, 2043High 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 orderMar 17, 2043High confidence

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Mar 2043
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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
Apr 16, 2025
Reel 70861, frame 944
Haardt, Dennis; Schwabe, Henning; Wolf, Uwe; Faelsch, Henrik; Pinger, Yannick Karsten; Binder, Martin; Jelich, Holger Kai PeterBASF SEAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 17, 2025
Reel 70874, frame 510
Von Muehlenen, AdrianBASF Coatings GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 17, 2025
Reel 70874, frame 723
BASF Coatings GmbHBASF SEAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 17, 2025
Reel 70874, frame 808
Eckardt, GabrieleBASF Digital Solutions GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 17, 2025
Reel 70874, frame 987
BASF Digital Solutions GmbHBASF SEAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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