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Carbon Fibers Having Improved Strength And Modulus And An Associated Method And Apparatus For Preparing Same

US 9,340,905 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed May 17, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jul 13, 2015 as application 14/797,314 · Granted May 17, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 17, 2024
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2006
No longer in force
May 17, 2024
Granted
May 17, 2016
Term would have run to
Nov 22, 2026
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
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Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Nov 22, 2026: 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 Nov 22, 2006, when application 11/562,867, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 13, 2015)Nov 22, 2026High 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 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 17, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 17, 2024High 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
Jul 13, 2015
Reel 36066, frame 781
León y León, Carlos A.Hexcel CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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