Term ends Nov 19, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 19, 2032
Held by Signode Industrial Group LLC
Filed Dec 19, 2017 as application 15/846,462 · Granted Jan 7, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Nov 19, 2012
Nov 19, 2012
Term ends
Nov 19, 2032
Nov 19, 2032
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Jan 7, 2020
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 9,643,780, US 9,850,066, to Nov 19, 2032. 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
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 Nov 19, 2012, when application 13/680,282, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2017) | Nov 19, 2032 | 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 9,643,780, US 9,850,066) | resolves to Nov 19, 2032, 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 | Nov 19, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,850,066 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,526,143 | this patent Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 10,974,898 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 11,492,198 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 11,897,694 | In force no later than Nov 2032 | no later than Nov 2032 |
| US 12,421,038 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| Application 19/026,290 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2018 Reel 45063, frame 522 | Salichs, Rafael; Tamayo, Juan Carlos | Vertique, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2018 Reel 45063, frame 588 | Vertique, Inc. | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2018 Reel 45063, frame 595 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Itw Spain Holdings, S.l. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2018 Reel 45063, frame 617 | Itw Spain Holdings S.L. | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2018 Reel 45833, frame 485 | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 14, 2023 Reel 65564, frame 736 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.; Signode Industrial Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2032
Term ends Nov 19, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,643,780, US 9,850,066, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.