Also listed on The Dow Chemical Company, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 4, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 4, 2026
Held by Dow Global Technologies LLC
Filed Aug 26, 2011 as application 13/218,570 · Granted May 15, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2006
Dec 4, 2006
Term ends
Dec 4, 2026
Dec 4, 2026
Granted
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
3
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 4, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/046495, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 26, 2011) | Dec 4, 2026 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,029,646 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 8,177,939 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27911, frame 229 | Felix, Henk; Rijsbergen, Johan Van | Paramelt B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27911, frame 258 | Paramelt B.V. | Dow Global Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27910, frame 822 | Lostocco, Michael R; Runge, Troy M; Dyer, Thomas J; Nickel, Deborah J | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27911, frame 127 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Dow Global Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27911, frame 294 | Wevers, Ronald | Dow Benelux B. V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27911, frame 338 | Dow Benelux B. V. | The Dow Chemical Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27910, frame 976 | Moncla, Brad M | Dow Global Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27911, frame 413 | The Dow Chemical Company | Dow Global Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27911, frame 97 | Lostocco, Michael R.; Runge, Troy M; Dyer, Thomas J; Nickel, Deborah J | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27911, frame 378 | Moncla, Brad M; Liang, Wenbin | Dow Global Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Dec 2026
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Citations
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