Term ends Mar 12, 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 Aug 1, 2024 as application 18/791,576 · Granted Mar 10, 2026
Base term plus 48 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2020
Jan 24, 2020
Term ends
Mar 12, 2040
Mar 12, 2040
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
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
48
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.
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 runs 48 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Aug 1, 2024); 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 | +48 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 12, 2040 | 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 | Mar 12, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,174,061 | In force Apr 2040 | Apr 2040 |
| US 11,613,398 | In force Jan 2040 | Jan 2040 |
| US 12,060,194 | In force Jan 2040 | Jan 2040 |
| US 12,570,429 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2024 Reel 68726, frame 551 | Dygert, Douglas Miles; Woodring, Douglas Alan | Ring Container Technologies, 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
Mar 2040
Term ends Mar 12, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 48 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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.