Term ends Jan 24, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 24, 2040
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Ring Container Technologies, LLC
Filed Nov 1, 2021 as application 17/515,613 · Granted Mar 28, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2020
Jan 24, 2020
Term ends
Jan 24, 2040
Jan 24, 2040
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Mar 28, 2023
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 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 24, 2020, when application 16/751,598, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 1, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 24, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 24, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,174,061 | In force Apr 2040 | Apr 2040 |
| US 11,613,398 | this patent Jan 2040 | Jan 2040 |
| US 12,060,194 | In force Jan 2040 | Jan 2040 |
| US 12,570,429 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| Application 19/561,907 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 57977, frame 463 | Dygert, Douglas Miles; Woodring, Douglas Alan | Ring Container Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 57977, frame 578 | Ring Container Technologies, LLC; Rapac, LP | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2040
Term ends Jan 24, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
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