Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 8, 2024 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Term ends May 28, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 28, 2035
Held by Multi-Color Corporation
Filed Mar 14, 2023 as application 18/183,311 · Granted Oct 14, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015
Term ends
May 28, 2035
May 28, 2035
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Oct 14, 2025
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.
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.
8
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. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 28, 2015, when application 14/724,021, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 14, 2023) | May 28, 2035 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 28, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/724,021 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,325,528 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,650,706 | In force no later than May 2035 | no later than May 2035 |
| US 11,798,437 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| Application 17/350,370 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,676,088 | In force no later than Jun 2035 | no later than Jun 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2022/033395 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,444,324 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2023 Reel 62997, frame 188 | Barnhardt, Douglas; McKillip, Barron G.; Riccardi, Stephen; Needham, Floyd | Multi-Color Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2024 Reel 69132, frame 880 | Multi-Color Corporation; Lux Global Label Company, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Note Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (Secured Notes Notice) |
| May 12, 2026 Reel 75561, frame 809 | MCC-Norwood, LLC; Multi-Color Corporation; W/S Packaging Group, LLC; MCC Manufacturing, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Agent | Security Interest (EXIT Abl) |
| May 13, 2026 Reel 74647, frame 541 | MCC-Norwood, LLC; Multi-Color Corporation; W/S Packaging Group, LLC; MCC Manufacturing, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 19, 2026 Reel 75600, frame 983 | MCC-Norwood, LLC; Multi-Color Corporation; W/S Packaging Group, LLC; MCC Manufacturing, Inc. | Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Agent | Notice and Confirmation of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 19, 2026 Reel 75623, frame 138 | MCC-Norwood, LLC; Multi-Color Corporation; W/S Packaging Group, LLC; MCC Manufacturing, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Notice and Confirmation of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 28, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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