Term ends Oct 1, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 30, 2036
Held by Pregis LLC
Filed Jan 31, 2022 as application 17/588,785 · Granted Feb 13, 2024
Base term plus 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2016
Sep 30, 2016
Term ends
Oct 1, 2036
Oct 1, 2036
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Feb 13, 2024
base term
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
1
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
4
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 1 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 30, 2016, when application 15/282,885, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 31, 2022) | Sep 30, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 1, 2036 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 1, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,235,548 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 11,897,227 | this patent Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 12,325,209 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 12,779,810 | In force no later than Sep 2036 | no later than Sep 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2022 Reel 58830, frame 918 | Wetsch, Thomas D.; Tegel, Robert | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 11, 2023 Reel 63628, frame 438 | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| May 12, 2023 Reel 63633, frame 520 | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as First Lien Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Aug 8, 2024 Reel 68518, frame 568 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Patent Security Interests (First Lien) |
| Feb 19, 2025 Reel 70267, frame 742 | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Pregis LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Oct 2036
Term ends Oct 1, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.