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Stackable Containers and Methods of Manufacturing, Stacking, and Shipping the Same

US 8,544,649 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 12, 2024 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Collateral Agent).

Lapsed Oct 1, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Sep 14, 2010 as application 12/881,743 · Granted Oct 1, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 1, 2025
2005 2026
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2005
No longer in force
Oct 1, 2025
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Term would have run to
Nov 21, 2025
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,699,171, to Nov 21, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Nov 21, 2025: 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. 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 Nov 21, 2005, when application 11/284,696, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 14, 2010)Nov 21, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,699,171)resolves to Nov 21, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 1, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 1, 2025High confidence

This family

US 7,699,171In force
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
US 8,065,857Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
US 8,544,649this patent
Oct 2025
Oct 2025
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 5, 2012
Reel 29244, frame 970
Consolidated Container Company LPBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in United States Patents
Jun 23, 2014
Reel 33217, frame 345
Consolidated Container Company LPCiticorp North America, Inc., as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in United States Patents
Jun 26, 2014
Reel 33245, frame 55
Consolidated Container Company LPCiticorp North America, Inc.Second Lien Patent Security Agreement
Sep 10, 2015
Reel 36585, frame 693
Consolidated Container Company LPBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in United States Patents (ABL Credit Facility)
Mar 27, 2017
Reel 41752, frame 372
Longbottom, Richard; Rivera, Benedict R.Consolidated Container Company LPAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 23, 2017
Reel 42528, frame 421
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentConsolidated Container Company LPRelease of Security Interest in Patents - Term Loan at R/F 029244/0970
May 23, 2017
Reel 42528, frame 489
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentConsolidated Container Company LPRelease of Security Interest in Patents - Abl at R/F 036585/0693
May 23, 2017
Reel 42528, frame 499
Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral AgentConsolidated Container Company LPRelease Os Security Interest in Patents at R/F 033245/0055
May 23, 2017
Reel 42528, frame 580
Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral AgentConsolidated Container Company LPRelease of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 033217/0345
May 23, 2017
Reel 42528, frame 619
Consolidated Container Company LPCitibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAbl Patent Security Agreement
May 23, 2017
Reel 42538, frame 17
Consolidated Container Company LPBarclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Aug 14, 2018
Reel 46863, frame 296
Consolidated Container Company LPConsolidated Container Company LPChange of Address
Jan 30, 2020
Reel 51676, frame 678
Consolidated Container Company LPAltium Packaging LPChange of Name
Jun 12, 2024
Reel 67702, frame 592
Barclays Bank PLC, as Resigning Collateral AgentJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Collateral AgentNotice of Assignment and Assumption of First Lien Security Interest in Patents

Sources

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