Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 15, 2017 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends May 16, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 22, 2036
Held by Staples, Inc.
Filed Apr 22, 2016 as application 15/136,438 · Granted Jul 7, 2020
USPTO first gave this application the number US 10,354,315 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 389 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Apr 22, 2016
Apr 22, 2016
Term ends
May 16, 2037
May 16, 2037
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Jul 7, 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
389
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.
3
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 389 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 22, 2016, when this application, 15/136,438, was filed | Apr 22, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +389 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 16, 2037 | 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 | May 16, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,706,456 | this patent May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 11,544,772 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| Application 18/149,137 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2016 Reel 39589, frame 175 | Goodwin, Ian; Masud, Faisal; Agarwal, Shiv; Bartley, Ryan; Walker, M. Steven; Vemana, Pratabkumar | Staples, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 27, 2017 Reel 41751, frame 37 | Hailemariam, Daniel | Staples, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2017 Reel 44152, frame 130 | Staples, Inc.; Staples Brands Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 15, 2017 Reel 43971, frame 462 | Staples, Inc.; Staples Brands Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 29, 2019 Reel 49025, frame 369 | Staples, Inc.; Staples Brands Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2024 Reel 67682, frame 25 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Term Loan Agent | Staples, Inc.; Staples Brands Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at RF 044152/0130 |
| Jun 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Term Loan Agent | Staples, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at RF 044152/0130 |
| Jun 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Term Loan Agent | Staples Brands Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at RF 044152/0130 |
| Jun 11, 2024 Reel 67687, frame 558 | Staples, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Term Loan Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2024 Reel 67697, frame 639 | Staples, Inc. | Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 12, 2024 Reel 67711, frame 239 | Staples, Inc. | Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2024 Reel 67783, frame 844 | Computershare Trust Company, National Association (as Successor-in-Interest to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association) | Staples, Inc.; Staples Brands Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Computershare Trust Company, National Association (as Successor-in-Interest to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association) | Staples, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Computershare Trust Company, National Association (as Successor-in-Interest to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association) | Staples Brands Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2037
Term ends May 16, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 389 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
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