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Method of Aerogel Synthesis

US 9,206,298 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 25, 2025 (Barings Finance LLC).

Term ends Mar 2, 2034 · High confidence

Filed May 23, 2013 as application 13/901,453 · Granted Dec 8, 2015
Base term plus 283 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
May 23, 2013
Term ends
Mar 2, 2034
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
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
283
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
4
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 283 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 23, 2013, when this application, 13/901,453, was filedMay 23, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+283 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 2, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 2, 2034High confidence

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US 9,206,298this patent
Mar 2034
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Application PCT/US2014/015555PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,562,141Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2025
Feb 2025
Application 15/417,752Abandoned
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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 24, 2013
Reel 30484, frame 323
Rodman, David L.; Poe, Garrett D.; Farmer, Brandon S.; Smith, Joseph C.Nexolve CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 5, 2019
Reel 49372, frame 972
Nexolve CorporationNexolve Holding Company, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 25, 2025
Reel 70951, frame 341
Nexolve Holding Company, LLCBarings Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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