Term ends Jan 13, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 21, 2032
Held by BW Converting, Inc.
Filed Mar 28, 2018 as application 15/938,775 · Granted Jun 9, 2020
Base term plus 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2012
Sep 21, 2012
Term ends
Jan 13, 2033
Jan 13, 2033
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Jun 9, 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
114
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.
5
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 114 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 Sep 21, 2012, when application 13/623,959, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 28, 2018) | Sep 21, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +114 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 13, 2033 | 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 13, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,284,147 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,919,888 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 9,975,720 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 10,676,304 | this patent Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 11,383,947 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2018 Reel 45377, frame 622 | Techlin, Michael E. | Paper Converting Machine Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 6, 2024 Reel 68866, frame 798 | Paper Converting Machine Company | BW Converting, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2033
Term ends Jan 13, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites 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
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.