Term ends no later than Aug 9, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 9, 2030
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Decopac, Inc.
Filed Dec 12, 2014 as application 14/569,042 · Granted May 24, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2010
Aug 9, 2010
Ends no later than
Aug 9, 2030
Aug 9, 2030
Granted
May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
17
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 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 Aug 9, 2010, when application 12/852,988, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 12, 2014) | Aug 9, 2030 | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Aug 9, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 12/852,988 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2011/047096 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,713,342 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 10,019,842 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,455,096 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,282,750 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| Application 14/569,290 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,345,264 | this patent no later than Aug 2030 | no later than Aug 2030 |
8 of 17 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 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
Aug 2030
Term ends no later than Aug 9, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Aug 9, 2030. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.