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Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 2, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Jan 25, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jun 1, 2011 as application 13/150,572 · Granted May 6, 2014
Base term plus 238 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
Jun 1, 2011
Term ends
Jan 25, 2032
Granted
May 6, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
238
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 238 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jun 1, 2011, when this application, 13/150,572, was filedJun 1, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+238 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 25, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 25, 2032High confidence

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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
Nov 11, 2016
Reel 40599, frame 309
Alcoa Inc.Arconic Inc.Change of Name
Jan 7, 2019
Reel 47917, frame 964
Dolby, Jeffrey Scott; McKenna, Gregory BlakeAlcoa Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 16, 2020
Reel 52167, frame 298
Arconic Inc.Arconic Inc.Merger
Mar 23, 2020
Reel 52204, frame 580
Arconic Inc.Arconic Technologies LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 26, 2020
Reel 52235, frame 826
Arconic Technologies LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Mar 31, 2020
Reel 52272, frame 669
Arconic Technologies LLCU.S. Bank National AssociationPatent Security Agreement
May 14, 2020
Reel 52671, frame 850
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Arconic Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 14, 2020
Reel 52671, frame 937
Arconic Technologies LLCU.S. Bank National AssociationSecurity Interest
May 14, 2020
Reel 52672, frame 425
Arconic Technologies LLCDeutsche Bank AG New York BranchSecurity Interest
Aug 18, 2023
Reel 64641, frame 781
Arconic Technologies LLCU.S. Bank Trust Company, National AssociationNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien)
Aug 18, 2023
Reel 64641, frame 798
Arconic Technologies LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Notice of Grant of Security Interest (ABL) in Intellectual Property
Aug 22, 2023
Reel 64661, frame 283
U.S. Bank National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentArconic Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 22, 2023
Reel 64661, frame 409
Deutsche Bank AG New York BranchArconic Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest
Sep 30, 2025
Reel 72422, frame 368
Arconic Technologies LLCKawneer Company, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 1, 2025
Reel 72989, frame 222
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as AgentArconic Technologies LLCNotice of Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents
Oct 1, 2025
Reel 72995, frame 849
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as AgentArconic Technologies LLCNotice of Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents
Oct 2, 2025
Reel 72998, frame 416
Kawneer Company, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien)
Oct 2, 2025
Reel 72999, frame 713
Kawneer Company, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest (ABL) in Intellectual Property

Sources

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

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