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Method for Stabilizing Menthyl Lactate

US 7,381,834 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 3, 2016 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Apr 18, 2007 as application 11/787,830 · Granted Jun 3, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 3, 2016
2007 2027
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2007
No longer in force
Jun 3, 2016
Granted
Jun 3, 2008
Term would have run to
Apr 18, 2027
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
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Its term would have run to Apr 18, 2027: 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 Apr 18, 2007, when this application, 11/787,830, was filedApr 18, 2027High 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 Jun 3, 2016High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 3, 2016High confidence

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Application PCT/US2008/004132PCT application
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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
May 23, 2007
Reel 19358, frame 563
Erman, Mark B.; Snow, Joe W.Millennium Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 9, 2009
Reel 22520, frame 804
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral AgentMillennium Specialty Chemicals Inc.Security Agreement
May 5, 2009
Reel 22634, frame 303
Millennium Specialty Chemicals Inc.Citibank, N.A., as Adminisrative Agent and Collateral AgentCorrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying and Receiving Parties, Previously Recorded on Reel 022520 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement..
Oct 30, 2009
Reel 23449, frame 499
Millennium Specialty Chemicals Inc.UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
May 5, 2010
Reel 24337, frame 90
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentMillennium Specialty Chemicals Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 5, 2010
Reel 24337, frame 341
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentMillennium Specialty Chemicals Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 6, 2010
Reel 24342, frame 135
Lyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCDeutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
May 7, 2010
Reel 24351, frame 40
Lyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCUBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
May 18, 2010
Reel 24397, frame 898
Lyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCCitibank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
May 19, 2010
Reel 24402, frame 727
Lyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCWells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Dec 23, 2010
Reel 25562, frame 245
Lyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCWells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Dec 23, 2010
Reel 25563, frame 397
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral AgentLyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 23, 2010
Reel 25563, frame 717
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative AgentLyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 23, 2010
Reel 25563, frame 777
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentLyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 23, 2010
Reel 25563, frame 798
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral AgentLyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 11, 2011
Reel 25619, frame 24
Millennium Specialty Chemicals Inc.Lyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 9, 2011
Reel 26246, frame 863
Lyondellbasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLCRenessenz, LLCChange of Name
Feb 1, 2016
Reel 37631, frame 376
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationPinova Holdings, Inc.; Renessenz LLCRelease of Security Interest
Feb 1, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationPinova Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 1, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationRenessenz LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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