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Method of Improving Print Performance in Flexographic Printing Plates

US 8,790,864 In force
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Term ends Aug 27, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Aug 27, 2012 as application 13/595,473 · Granted Jul 29, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Aug 27, 2012
Term ends
Aug 27, 2032
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
base term 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 27, 2012, when this application, 13/595,473, was filedAug 27, 2032High 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 events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 27, 2032High 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
Aug 27, 2012
Reel 28854, frame 395
Baldwin, Kyle P.MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 19, 2013
Reel 30831, frame 606
MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLCCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as First Lien Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Jul 19, 2013
Reel 30831, frame 757
MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLCCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Second Lien Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Nov 1, 2013
Reel 31536, frame 778
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as First Lien Collateral AgentBarclays Bank PLC, as Successor Collateral AgentAssignment and Assumption of Security Interests at Reel/Frame Nos. 30831/0549, 30833/0660, 30831/0606, 30833/0700, and 30833/0727
Nov 1, 2013
Reel 31537, frame 113
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Second Lien Collateral AgentMacDermid Printing Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 30831/0757
May 30, 2018
Reel 46268, frame 600
MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLCMacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLCChange of Name
Feb 4, 2019
Reel 48232, frame 638
Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentMacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Feb 5, 2019
Reel 49855, frame 1
MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC (F/K/A MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC)Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 17, 2022
Reel 61956, frame 643
Barclays Bank PLCCitibank, N.a.Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Feb 28, 2025
Reel 70365, frame 89
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentMacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLCPartial Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at R/F 049855/0001
Apr 3, 2026
Reel 75338, frame 889
MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLCXsys Flexo US LLCChange of Name

Sources

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