Also listed on Clear Lam Packaging, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 25, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 25, 2033
Held by Primapak, LLC
Filed Feb 28, 2014 as application 14/194,644 · Granted Sep 3, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2013
Oct 25, 2013
Term ends
Oct 25, 2033
Oct 25, 2033
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Sep 3, 2019
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,745,104, to Oct 25, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
7
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 25, 2013, when application 14/064,108, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 28, 2014) | Oct 25, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,745,104) | resolves to Oct 25, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 25, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,850,036 | In force no later than May 2035 | no later than May 2035 |
| US 10,207,850 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,399,746 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 9,745,104 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 10,532,855 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 11,267,632 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 11,447,299 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2017 Reel 43502, frame 615 | Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. | Primapak, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 9, 2019 Reel 49703, frame 619 | Sanfilippo, James J.; Sanfilippo, John E.; Skaggs, Jeanne M.; Soria, Francisco Javier; Radenovic, Milorad; Wyslotsky, Bohdan; Georgelos, Paul; Montefusco, Pat; Speer, Roy; Forowycz, Roman | Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 25, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,745,104, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.