Collateral for a security interest recorded May 19, 2021 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Term ends Aug 9, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 9, 2030
Held by Decopac, Inc.
Filed May 17, 2016 as application 15/157,142 · Granted Jan 28, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2010
Aug 9, 2010
Term ends
Aug 9, 2030
Aug 9, 2030
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Jan 28, 2020
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.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
17
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. 1 of 2 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 Aug 9, 2010, when application 12/852,988, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 17, 2016) | Aug 9, 2030 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 9, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 12/852,988 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2011/047096 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,713,342 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 10,019,842 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,455,096 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,282,750 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| Application 14/569,290 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,345,264 | In force no later than Aug 2030 | no later than Aug 2030 |
8 of 17 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2016 Reel 38632, frame 622 | Davila, Carlos; Brobst, Todd; Wahlin, Duane; Glover, Elizabeth; Boysen, Douglas; Anderson, John R; Schnoebelen, Andy | Decopac, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2017 Reel 43740, frame 282 | Decopac, Inc. | Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 4, 2017 Reel 43777, frame 482 | Decopac, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| May 17, 2021 Reel 56323, frame 902 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Agent | The Lucks Company, LLC; Decopac, Inc. | Termination and Release of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| May 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Agent | The Lucks Company, LLC | Termination and Release of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| May 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Agent | Decopac, Inc. | Termination and Release of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| May 18, 2021 Reel 56275, frame 19 | Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLC | Decopac, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 19, 2021 Reel 56283, frame 91 | Decopac, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 9, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
83
later US patents cite this one
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