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Assembly and Process for Creating an Extruded Pipe for Use in a Geothermal Heat Recovery Operation

US 9,744,710 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 22, 2024 (Fifth Third Bank, National Association).

Term ends Feb 28, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Aug 4, 2015 as application 14/817,278 · Granted Aug 29, 2017
Base term plus 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Dec 26, 2012
Term ends
Feb 28, 2033
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
base term patent term adjustment 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
64
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
4
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 runs 64 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Dec 26, 2012, when application 13/726,771, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 4, 2015)Dec 26, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+64 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 28, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 28, 2033High confidence

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US 9,162,387In force
Mar 2034
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US 9,744,710this patent
Feb 2033
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US 10,053,828Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2026
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US 10,052,808Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2026
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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
Aug 4, 2015
Reel 36244, frame 856
Porter, Steve; Brown, Timothy JohnU.S. Farathane CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 30, 2021
Reel 55767, frame 519
U.S. Farathane CorporationU.S. Farathane, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 6, 2021
Reel 55845, frame 928
U.S. Farathane, LLCBank Of America, N.a.Abl Security Agreement
Apr 6, 2021
Reel 55846, frame 28
U.S. Farathane, LLCBank Of America, N.a.Term Loan Security Agreement
Apr 7, 2021
Reel 55857, frame 173
U.S. Farathane, LLCTmi Trust Company, As AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 13, 2023
Reel 63984, frame 504
Tmi Trust Company, As AgentU.S. Farathane, LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Jun 13, 2023
Reel 63985, frame 64
Bank Of America, N.a.U.S. Farathane, LLC; Chemcast, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Jun 13, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.U.S. Farathane, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Jun 13, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Chemcast, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
May 22, 2024
Reel 67490, frame 72
Bank Of America, N.a.U.S. Farathane, LLC; Chemcast, LLCRelease of Patent Security Interests (ABL)
May 22, 2024
Reel 67501, frame 539
U.S. Farathane, LLCFifth Third Bank, National AssociationIntellectual Property Security Agreement
May 22, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.U.S. Farathane, LLCRelease of Patent Security Interests (ABL)
May 22, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Chemcast, LLCRelease of Patent Security Interests (ABL)

Sources

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

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