Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 12, 2013 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Feb 7, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 7, 2028
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,122,744, US 8,281,626), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
Filed Jan 3, 2011 as application 12/983,564 · Granted Sep 20, 2016
Base term plus 1089 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Feb 7, 2008
Feb 7, 2008
Term ends
Feb 7, 2028
Feb 7, 2028
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 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
1,089
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,122,744, US 8,281,626.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
11
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 1089 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 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 Feb 7, 2008, when application 12/027,296, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 3, 2011) | Feb 7, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1089 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 31, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,122,744, US 8,281,626) | capped to Feb 7, 2028 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 7, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,122,744 | In force no later than Jan 2030 | no later than Jan 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2008/003512 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,087,269 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 8,599,022 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2010/034699 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,447,611 | this patent Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 8,281,626 | In force no later than Feb 2028 | no later than Feb 2028 |
| US 8,773,267 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2011 Reel 25574, frame 189 | Conti, Brian V.; Fawcett, Christopher J.; Christianson, David P.; Goldstein, Mitchell S. | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 2, 2012 Reel 28714, frame 552 | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank | Security Agreement |
| Dec 12, 2013 Reel 31805, frame 1 | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Dec 16, 2013 Reel 31825, frame 545 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2028
Term ends Feb 7, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1089 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,122,744, US 8,281,626.
Citations
62
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.