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US 12,325,209 In force
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Term ends Sep 30, 2036 · High confidence

Held by Pregis LLC
Filed Feb 12, 2024 as application 18/439,669 · Granted Jun 10, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2016
Term ends
Sep 30, 2036
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 30, 2016, when application 15/282,885, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 12, 2024)Sep 30, 2036High 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 paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 30, 2036High confidence

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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
Feb 13, 2024
Reel 66449, frame 12
Tegel, Robert; Wetsch, Thomas D.Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 9, 2024
Reel 68522, frame 210
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCUBS AG, Stamford Branch, as First Lien Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement (First Lien)
Aug 9, 2024
Reel 68534, frame 194
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCBlue Owl Capital Corporation (F/K/A Owl Rock Capital Corporation), as Second Lien Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Feb 19, 2025
Reel 70267, frame 742
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCPregis LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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