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Hydrogenation of Oxygenated Molecules from Biomass Refining

US 9,926,252 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Mar 27, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Virdia, LLC
Filed Oct 17, 2016 as application 15/304,790 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 27, 2026
2015 2035
Clock starts
May 12, 2015
No longer in force
Mar 27, 2026
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Term would have run to
May 12, 2035
base term after the term ends 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.
1 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
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Its term would have run to May 12, 2035: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 12, 2015, when application PCT/US2015/030431, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 17, 2016)May 12, 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Mar 27, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 27, 2026High confidence

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Application PCT/US2015/030431PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,926,252this patent
Mar 2026
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US 10,189,764In force
May 2035
May 2035
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
Apr 26, 2017
Reel 42155, frame 418
Jansen, Robert; Lapidot, Noa; Lawson, James Alan; Zviely, Michael; Matis, Neta; Madsen, Lee; Hallac, Bassem; Travisano, PhilipVirdia, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 18, 2021
Reel 55633, frame 305
Virdia, Inc.Virdia, LLCChange of Name

Sources

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