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Plant Extract Compositions for Forming Protective Coatings

US 9,957,215 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed May 1, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Aug 18, 2017 as application 15/680,541 · Granted May 1, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 1, 2026
2016 2036
Clock starts
Dec 9, 2016
No longer in force
May 1, 2026
Granted
May 1, 2018
Term would have run to
Dec 9, 2036
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.
6
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Dec 9, 2036: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 9, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/065917, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 18, 2017)Dec 9, 2036High 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 May 1, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 1, 2026High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/065917PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,957,215this patent
May 2026
May 2026
US 10,561,155In force
Dec 2036
Dec 2036
US 10,407,377In force
Dec 2036
Dec 2036
US 11,028,030Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2025
Jun 2025
US 11,767,278In force
Dec 2036
Dec 2036
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 9, 2018
Reel 44578, frame 764
Perez, Louis; Mol, Camille; Bakus, Ronald C., II; Rogers, James; Rodriguez, GabrielApeel Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 1, 2022
Reel 60562, frame 503
Apeel Technology, Inc.SLR Investment Corp., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 15, 2023
Reel 66045, frame 1
SLR Investment Corp., as AgentApeel Technology, Inc.Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 60562/0503

Sources

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