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Process for Making Menthyl Glutarate

US 7,960,580 In force
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Term ends Sep 10, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Apr 22, 2009 as application 12/386,712 · Granted Jun 14, 2011
Base term plus 141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Apr 22, 2009
Term ends
Sep 10, 2029
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
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
141
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.
2
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This patent's term runs 141 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 22, 2009, when this application, 12/386,712, was filedApr 22, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+141 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 10, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 10, 2029High confidence

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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
Apr 22, 2009
Reel 22639, frame 731
Erman, Mark B.; Snow, Joe W.Millennium Specialty Chemicals, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's 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

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

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