Also listed on Bakelite UK Holding Ltd, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 12, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jul 21, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 24, 2025
Held by Bakelite Chemicals LLC
Filed May 24, 2005 as application 11/135,635 · Granted Mar 2, 2010
Base term plus 788 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
May 24, 2005
May 24, 2005
Term ends
Jul 21, 2027
Jul 21, 2027
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Mar 2, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
788
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
This patent's term runs 788 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 24, 2005, when this application, 11/135,635, was filed | May 24, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +788 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 21, 2027 | High confidence |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2005 Reel 16307, frame 607 | Boyer, Mr. Peter C.; Iman, Mr. Ahmed A. | Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2006 Reel 17626, frame 205 | Ashley, Drew & Northern Railway Company; Brown Board Holding, Inc.; CP&P, Inc.; Color-Box, LLC; Fort James Corporation; Fort James Maine, Inc.; Fort James Operating Company; Fort James Green Bay L.L.C.; Prim Company L.L.C.; Kmhc, Incorporated; Georgia-Pacific Foreign Holdings, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific West, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Finance, LLC; Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation; Leaf River Forest Products, Inc.; Nekoosa Packaging Corporation; Millennium Packaging Solutions, LLC; Southwest Millwork and Specialties, Inc.; West Georgia Manufacturing Company; Blue Rapids Railway Company; Brunswick Pulp Land Company, Inc.; Cecorr, Inc.; Encadria Staffing Solutions, Inc.; Fort James International Holdings, Ltd.; Georgia-Pacific Investment, Inc.; Fort James Camas L.L.C.; Fort James Northwest L.L.C.; G-P Gypsum Corporation; Georgia-Pacific Childcare Center, LLC; Georgia-Pacific Holdings, Inc.; G-P Oregon, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Asia, Inc.; Gloster Southern Railroad Company; Great Southern Paper Company; Old Pine Belt Railroad Company; Nekoosa Papers Inc.; Tomahawk Land Company; XRS, Inc.; Phoenix Athletic Club, Inc.; Koch Renewable Resources, LLC; Koch Forest Products Holding, LLC; Koch Worldwide Investments, Inc.; Old Augusta Railroad, LLC; Brunswick Cellulose, Inc.; Leaf River Cellulose, LLC; Koch Cellulose America Marketing, LLC; Koch Cellulose, LLC; Blueyellow, LLC | Citicorp North America, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 13, 2007 Reel 18883, frame 713 | Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc. | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 16, 2013 Reel 30669, frame 958 | Citicorp North America, Inc. | Georgia-Pacific LLC, Delaware Limited Partnership; Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Delaware Limited Liability Company; Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company; Dixie Consumer Products LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company; Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company; Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company; Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company; Color-Box LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company; GP Cellulose GmbH, Zug, Switzerland Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp North America, Inc. | Georgia-Pacific LLC, Delaware Limited Partnership | Release of Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp North America, Inc. | Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Delaware Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp North America, Inc. | Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp North America, Inc. | Dixie Consumer Products LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp North America, Inc. | Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp North America, Inc. | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp North America, Inc. | Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp North America, Inc. | Color-Box LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp North America, Inc. | GP Cellulose GmbH, Zug, Switzerland Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Agreement |
| Jun 9, 2022 Reel 60328, frame 250 | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC; Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP; ENERG2 Technologies, Inc.; Koch Agronomic Services LLC; Bakelite UK Holding Ltd.; Surface Tech LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 9, 2022 Reel 60328, frame 327 | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC; Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP; ENERG2 Technologies, Inc.; Koch Agronomic Services LLC; Bakelite UK Holding Ltd. | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 13, 2025 Reel 70495, frame 222 | Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC | Bakelite Chemicals LLC | Change of Name |
| May 12, 2025 Reel 71276, frame 379 | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Assignment of Patent and Trademark Security Interest |
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Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 21, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 788 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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