Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 12, 2021 (HSBC Bank USA, National Association).
Lapsed Nov 2, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 24, 2028
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Tronox LLC
Filed Apr 28, 2010 as application 12/769,164 · Granted Nov 2, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Nov 2, 2022
2008
2028
Clock starts
Dec 24, 2008
Dec 24, 2008
No longer in force
Nov 2, 2022
Nov 2, 2022
Granted
Nov 2, 2010
Nov 2, 2010
Term would have run to
Dec 24, 2028
Dec 24, 2028
base term
after the term ends
fee events
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
23
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Dec 24, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 24, 2008, when application 12/317,542, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 28, 2010) | Dec 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 2, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 2, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,264,672 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 7,622,097 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 9,028,913 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 7,717,999 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,226,911 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,057,770 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,178,065 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 7,824,322 | this patent Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
8 of 23 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2019 Reel 49544, frame 551 | Almusallam, Tarek H.; Khan, Mohammad Iqbal; Al-zeghayer, Yousef Saleh; Al-masry, Waheed Atia; Trabzuni, Fadi Mohamed | National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. (Cristal) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2019 Reel 49583, frame 638 | The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. (Cristal) | Tronox LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 1, 2020 Reel 52554, frame 529 | Tronox LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 12, 2021 Reel 55579, frame 619 | Tronox LLC | HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 7, 2022 Reel 59629, frame 581 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Tronox LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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