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US 11,267,632 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Mar 8, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 17, 2018 as application 16/222,802 · Granted Mar 8, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 8, 2026
2013 2033
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2013
No longer in force
Mar 8, 2026
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Term would have run to
Oct 25, 2033
base term after the term ends 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.
0 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.
7
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Oct 25, 2033: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 25, 2013, when application 14/064,083, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 17, 2018)Oct 25, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Mar 8, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 8, 2026High confidence

This family

US 9,850,036In force
no later than May 2035
no later than May 2035
US 10,207,850In force
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
US 10,399,746In force
Oct 2033
Oct 2033
US 9,745,104Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2025
Aug 2025
US 10,532,855In force
Oct 2033
Oct 2033
US 11,267,632this patent
Mar 2026
Mar 2026
US 11,447,299Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 3, 2021
Reel 58004, frame 753
Sanfilippo, James J.; Sanfilippo, John E.; Skaggs, Jeanne M.; Soria, Francisco Javier; Radenovic, Milorad; Wyslotsky, Bohdan; Georgelos, Paul; Montefusco, Pat; Speer, Roy; Forowycz, RomanClear Lam Packaging, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 3, 2021
Reel 58004, frame 957
Clear Lam Packaging, Inc.Primapak, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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