Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 12, 2021 (HSBC Bank USA, National Association).
Term ends Jul 20, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 20, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Tronox LLC
Filed Oct 28, 2009 as application 12/589,736 · Granted Nov 15, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jul 20, 2007
Jul 20, 2007
Term ends
Jul 20, 2027
Jul 20, 2027
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Nov 15, 2011
base term
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.
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.
23
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 20, 2007, when application 11/880,334, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 28, 2009); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 20, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,264,672 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 7,622,097 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 9,028,913 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 7,717,999 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,226,911 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,057,770 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,178,065 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 7,824,322 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
8 of 23 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2019 Reel 49539, frame 787 | Trabzuni, Fadi Mohammed Saeed; El Dekki, Hassan Moenes; Gopalkrishnan, Chathangat Cheroolil | The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. (Cristal) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2019 Reel 49583, frame 638 | The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. (Cristal) | Tronox LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 1, 2020 Reel 52554, frame 529 | Tronox LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 12, 2021 Reel 55579, frame 619 | Tronox LLC | HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 7, 2022 Reel 59629, frame 581 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Tronox LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2025 Reel 72942, frame 255 | Tronox LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 20, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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