Term ends Oct 1, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 1, 2029
Held by Xsys Flexo US LLC
Filed Feb 26, 2010 as application 12/660,451 · Granted Aug 1, 2017
Base term plus 1467 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2009
Oct 1, 2009
Term ends
Oct 1, 2029
Oct 1, 2029
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
Aug 1, 2017
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
1,467
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 8,551,688, US 8,652,761.
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.
This patent's term runs 1467 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Oct 1, 2009, when application 12/571,523, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 26, 2010) | Oct 1, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1467 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 7, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,551,688, US 8,652,761) | capped to Oct 1, 2029 | High 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 | Oct 1, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,158,331 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,720,326 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,470,517 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2010 Reel 24113, frame 601 | Recchia, David A.; Gotsick, Timothy | MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 21, 2013 Reel 30660, frame 841 | Vest, Ryan W. | MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2013 Reel 30831, frame 606 | MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as First Lien Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 19, 2013 Reel 30831, frame 757 | MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 1, 2013 Reel 31536, frame 778 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as First Lien Collateral Agent | Barclays Bank PLC, as Successor Collateral Agent | Assignment 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 Agent | MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 30831/0757 |
| Sep 19, 2017 Reel 43901, frame 890 | MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC | MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC | Change of Name |
| May 30, 2018 Reel 46268, frame 600 | MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC | MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 4, 2019 Reel 48232, frame 638 | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC | Release 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 Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 17, 2022 Reel 61956, frame 643 | Barclays Bank PLC | Citibank, N.a. | Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Feb 28, 2025 Reel 70365, frame 89 | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at R/F 049855/0001 |
| Apr 3, 2026 Reel 75338, frame 889 | MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC | Xsys Flexo US LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 1, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1467 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 8,551,688, US 8,652,761.
Citations
37
later US patents cite this one
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