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Filament Reinforced Tapes Useful as Underwater Pipe Wrap

US 11,401,444 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 29, 2022 (Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch).

Term ends Sep 21, 2027 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Oct 28, 2019 as application 16/665,929 · Granted Aug 2, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2007
Term ends
Sep 21, 2027
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
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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 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 21, 2007, when application 11/859,156, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 28, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 21, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 21, 2027Medium confidence

This family

Application 11/859,156Abandoned
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US 10,457,455In force
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US 11,401,444this patent
Sep 2027
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US 11,401,445In force
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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
Oct 29, 2019
Reel 50848, frame 418
Tynan, John K., JR.; Lewandowski, Mark A.; Chrzanowski, Deborah A.Intertape Polymer Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 29, 2022
Reel 60541, frame 448
Intertape Polymer Corp.; Ipg (US) Holdings Inc.; Polyair Corporation; Better Packages, Inc.Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jul 1, 2022
Reel 60558, frame 531
Better Packages, Inc.; Intertape Polymer Corp.; Ipg (US) Holdings Inc.; Polyair CorporationWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Mar 2, 2026
Reel 75012, frame 621
Credit Suisse AG, New York BranchUBS AG, Stamford BranchNotice of Successor Collateral Agent

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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