Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 31, 2024 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Jan 17, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 6, 2036
Held by Davis-Standard, LLC
Filed Apr 6, 2016 as application 15/091,802 · Granted Jan 14, 2020
Base term plus 651 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2038
Clock starts
Apr 6, 2016
Apr 6, 2016
Term ends
Jan 17, 2038
Jan 17, 2038
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Jan 14, 2020
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
651
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 651 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Apr 6, 2016, when this application, 15/091,802, was filed | Apr 6, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +651 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 17, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Jan 17, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,532,490 | this patent Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 11,192,279 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| Application 17/242,952 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/242,976 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2016 Reel 38940, frame 67 | Christiano, John P. | Davis-Standard, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2017 Reel 42923, frame 57 | Christiano, John P. | Davis-Standard, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 13, 2021 Reel 58495, frame 515 | Davis-Standard, LLC; Thermoforming Systems, LLC | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jan 31, 2024 Reel 66308, frame 392 | Davis-Standard, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2024 Reel 66627, frame 842 | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Davis-Standard, LLC; Thermoforming Systems, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 058495/0515) |
| Feb 20, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Davis-Standard, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 058495/0515) |
| Feb 20, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Thermoforming Systems, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 058495/0515) |
| Jun 3, 2025 Reel 71297, frame 766 | Davis-Standard, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2026 Reel 74846, frame 990 | Davis-Standard, LLC; SG Parent LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2038
Term ends Jan 17, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 651 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.