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Center-Fed Dunnage System Feed and Cutter

US 9,840,056 In force
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Term ends Jul 1, 2035 · High confidence

Held by Pregis LLC
Filed Dec 23, 2011 as application 13/336,824 · Granted Dec 12, 2017
Base term plus 1286 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2035
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2011
Term ends
Jul 1, 2035
Granted
Dec 12, 2017
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,286
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
4
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This patent's term runs 1286 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 23, 2011, when this application, 13/336,824, was filedDec 23, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1286 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 1, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 1, 2035High confidence

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US 11,958,265In force
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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
Mar 1, 2012
Reel 27790, frame 410
Wetsch, Thomas D.; Tegel, RobertPregis Innovative Packaging, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 26, 2012
Reel 27925, frame 201
Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Mar 26, 2012
Reel 27930, frame 353
Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.Fs Investment Corporation, As Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
May 21, 2014
Reel 32971, frame 256
General Electric Capital CorporationPregis Innovative Packaging Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 21, 2014
Reel 32971, frame 280
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationPregis Innovative Packaging Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 21, 2014
Reel 32972, frame 325
Pregis Ultimate Holdings Corporation; Pregis Holding I Corporation; Pregis Holding II Corporation; Pregis Corporation; Pregis Intellipack Corp.; Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.; Surface Guard, Inc.; Single Face Supply Co.Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 22, 2014
Reel 32998, frame 417
Pregis Corporation; Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.; Pregis Intellipack Corp.U.S. Bank National AssociationSecurity Interest
May 25, 2017
Reel 42586, frame 596
U.S. Bank National AssociationPregis LLC (F/K/A Pregis Corporation); Pregis Intellipack LLC (F/K/A Pregis Intellipack Corp.); Pregis Innovative Packaging, LLC (F/K/A Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.)Release of Security Interest
May 25, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationPregis LLC (F/K/A Pregis Corporation)Release of Security Interest
May 25, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationPregis Intellipack LLC (F/K/A Pregis Intellipack Corp.)Release of Security Interest
May 25, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationPregis Innovative Packaging, LLC (F/K/A Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Nov 4, 2017
Reel 44682, frame 93
Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCChange of Name
Jan 2, 2018
Reel 44978, frame 900
Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCChange of Name
Jul 19, 2018
Reel 46593, frame 535
Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.; Pregis Intellipack LLC; Pregis Sharp Systems, LLC; Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc.Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 1, 2019
Reel 49932, frame 377
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchFirst Lien Security Agreement
Aug 1, 2019
Reel 49941, frame 652
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCOwl Rock Capital Corporation, as Second Lien Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Aug 1, 2019
Reel 49941, frame 690
Barclays Bank PLCPregis Ultimate Holdings Corporation; Pregis Holding I Corporation; Pregis Holding II Corporation; Pregis Corporation; Pregis Intellipack Corp.; Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.; Surface Guard, Inc.; Single Face Supply Co.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 1, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Barclays Bank PLCPregis Ultimate Holdings CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 1, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Barclays Bank PLCPregis Holding I CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 1, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Barclays Bank PLCPregis Holding II CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 1, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Barclays Bank PLCPregis CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 1, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Barclays Bank PLCPregis Intellipack Corp.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 1, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Barclays Bank PLCPregis Innovative Packaging Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 1, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Barclays Bank PLCSurface Guard, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 1, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Barclays Bank PLCSingle Face Supply Co.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Nov 13, 2019
Reel 50993, frame 798
Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral AgentPregis Innovative Packaging Inc.; Pregis Intellipack LLC; Pregis Sharp Systems, LLC; Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 13, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral AgentPregis Innovative Packaging Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 13, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral AgentPregis Intellipack LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 13, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral AgentPregis Sharp Systems, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 13, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral AgentFree-Flow Packaging International, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 8, 2024
Reel 68518, frame 568
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchUBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Successor AgentAssignment of Patent Security Interests (First Lien)
Feb 19, 2025
Reel 70267, frame 742
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCPregis LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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