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Methods for Recycling Cotton and Polyester Fibers from Waste Textiles

US 12,006,403 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Feb 13, 2039 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Circ, Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2022 as application 17/850,030 · Granted Jun 11, 2024
Base term plus 33 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2019
Term ends
Feb 13, 2039
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
base term patent term adjustment 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
33
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 33 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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 Jan 11, 2019, when application 16/246,044, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 27, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 11, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+33 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 13, 2039High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 13, 2039Medium confidence

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US 10,501,599In force
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US 11,370,895In force
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US 12,006,403this patent
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US 12,655,268In force
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Application 19/706,025Pending
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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
Jun 27, 2022
Reel 60319, frame 410
Barla, Florin G.; Showalter, Todd; Su, Hsun-cheng; Jones, Jeremy; Bobe, IulianTyton Biosciences, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 27, 2022
Reel 60444, frame 333
Tyton Biosciences, LLCCirc, LLCChange of Name
Nov 3, 2022
Reel 61877, frame 759
Circ, LLCCirc, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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