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Hydrophobic Aerogel Materials

US 9,868,843 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 28, 2024 (Midcap Funding IV Trust).

Term ends Oct 2, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Oct 2, 2015 as application 14/873,753 · Granted Jan 16, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Oct 2, 2015
Term ends
Oct 2, 2035
Granted
Jan 16, 2018
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.
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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.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 2, 2015, when this application, 14/873,753, was filedOct 2, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderOct 2, 2035High 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
Dec 15, 2015
Reel 37294, frame 548
Evans, Owen Richard; Dekrafft, Kathryn Elizabeth; Zafiropoulos, Nicholas Anthony; Dong, Wenting; Mihalcik, David J; Gould, George L; Melnikova, IreneAspen Aerogels, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 28, 2024
Reel 68792, frame 245
Aspen Aerogels, Inc.; Aspen Aerogels Rhode Island, LLCMidcap Funding IV TrustSecurity Interest

Sources

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