Term ends Dec 23, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 23, 2031
Held by Pregis LLC
Filed Apr 10, 2023 as application 18/298,181 · Granted Apr 16, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2011
Dec 23, 2011
Term ends
Dec 23, 2031
Dec 23, 2031
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Apr 16, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,623,423, to Dec 23, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 1 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 Dec 23, 2011, when application 13/336,824, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 10, 2023) | Dec 23, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,623,423) | resolves to Dec 23, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 23, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,840,056 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,792,882 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 11,623,423 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 11,958,265 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2023 Reel 63278, frame 113 | Wetsch, Thomas D.; Tegel, Robert | Pregis Innovative Packaging, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 10, 2023 Reel 63282, frame 579 | Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc. | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Aug 9, 2024 Reel 68522, frame 210 | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as First Lien Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Aug 9, 2024 Reel 68534, frame 194 | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Blue Owl Capital Corporation (F/K/A Owl Rock Capital Corporation), as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 19, 2025 Reel 70267, frame 742 | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Pregis LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 23, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,623,423, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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