Collateral for a security interest recorded May 19, 2021 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Term ends Nov 16, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 15, 2024
Held by Decopac, Inc.
Filed Oct 16, 2006 as application 11/582,108 · Granted Jan 18, 2011
Base term plus 1036 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2004
Jan 15, 2004
Term ends
Nov 16, 2026
Nov 16, 2026
Granted
Jan 18, 2011
Jan 18, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
1,036
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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 1036 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jan 15, 2004, when application 10/758,236, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 16, 2006) | Jan 15, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1036 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 16, 2026 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 16, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,144,594 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| Application PCT/US2005/001241 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,871,652 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,367,134 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2006 Reel 18500, frame 164 | Woodhouse, James F.; Holtom, Stan; Russell, John R.; Wright, Angela | Decopac, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2017 Reel 43740, frame 282 | Decopac, Inc. | Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 4, 2017 Reel 43777, frame 482 | Decopac, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| May 17, 2021 Reel 56323, frame 902 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Agent | The Lucks Company, LLC; Decopac, Inc. | Termination and Release of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| May 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Agent | The Lucks Company, LLC | Termination and Release of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| May 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Agent | Decopac, Inc. | Termination and Release of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| May 18, 2021 Reel 56275, frame 19 | Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLC | Decopac, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 19, 2021 Reel 56283, frame 91 | Decopac, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 16, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1036 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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.