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Foams Based on Thermoplastic Polyurethanes

US 9,884,947 In force
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Term ends Jan 12, 2027 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Sep 6, 2012 as application 13/605,673 · Granted Feb 6, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Jan 12, 2007
Term ends
Jan 12, 2027
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
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.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 12, 2007, when application PCT/EP2007/050274, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 6, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 12, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 12, 2027Medium 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
Oct 20, 2017
Reel 44254, frame 809
BASF AktiengesellschaftBASF SEChange in Legal Form

Sources

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