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Solid Phase Polymerization Catalyst System

US 7,829,656 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Wellman, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 11, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jan 9, 2009 as application 12/351,245 · Granted Nov 9, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Jul 11, 2007
Term ends
Jul 11, 2027
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
base term 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,763,701, US 8,791,225, to Jul 11, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
3 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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 11, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/073224, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 9, 2009)Jul 11, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,763,701, US 8,791,225)resolves to Jul 11, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 11, 2027High confidence

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Application PCT/US2007/073224PCT application
no patent term
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US 7,829,656this patent
Jul 2027
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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 23, 2009
Reel 22586, frame 307
Nichols, Carl Steven; Moore, Tony Clifford; Huenefeld, Daniel AllenWellman, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 24, 2012
Reel 29181, frame 180
Wellman, Inc.Dak Americas Mississippi Inc.Merger

Sources

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

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