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System and Method for Position Control of a Mechanical Piston in a Pump

US 9,309,872 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 13, 2018 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).

Term ends no later than Nov 20, 2026 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Jan 10, 2014 as application 14/152,866 · Granted Apr 12, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2006
Ends no later than
Nov 20, 2026
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
base term fee events 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Nov 20, 2006, when application 11/602,485, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 10, 2014)Nov 20, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Nov 20, 2026Medium confidence

This family

Application 60/741,660Provisional application
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Application 60/841,725Provisional application
no patent term
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US 8,083,498In force
Dec 2029
Dec 2029
Application PCT/US2006/044907PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,678,775In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 9,309,872this patent
no later than Nov 2026
no later than Nov 2026
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 10, 2014
Reel 31944, frame 715
George Gonnella; James Cedrone; Iraj GashgaeeEntegris, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 1, 2014
Reel 32815, frame 852
Entegris, Inc.; Poco Graphite, Inc.; Atmi, Inc.; Advanced Technology Materials, Inc.; Atmi Packaging, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 2, 2014
Reel 32812, frame 192
Entegris, Inc.; Poco Graphite, Inc.; Atmi, Inc.; Advanced Technology Materials, Inc.; Atmi Packaging, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 15, 2017
Reel 42375, frame 769
Entegris, Inc.; Poco Graphite, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 8, 2018
Reel 47477, frame 151
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentEntegris, Inc.; Poco Graphite, Inc.; Atmi, Inc.; Atmi Packaging, Inc.; Advanced Technology Materials, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 8, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentEntegris, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 8, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentPoco Graphite, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 8, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentAtmi, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 8, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentAtmi Packaging, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 8, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentAdvanced Technology Materials, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 13, 2018
Reel 48811, frame 679
Entegris, Inc.; Saes Pure Gas, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USASecurity Interest
Nov 5, 2019
Reel 50965, frame 35
Goldman Sachs Bank USAMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Assignment of Patent Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 048811/0679
Jul 8, 2022
Reel 60613, frame 72
Entegris, Inc.; Entegris GP, Inc.; Poco Graphite, Inc.; CMC Materials, Inc.; International Test Solutions, LLC; Qed Technologies International, Inc.Truist Bank, as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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