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Converting Machine

US 9,969,142 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 23, 2017 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Sep 26, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Packsize LLC
Filed May 8, 2014 as application 14/357,190 · Granted May 15, 2018
Base term plus 686 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2034
Clock starts
Nov 9, 2012
Term ends
Sep 26, 2034
Granted
May 15, 2018
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
686
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.
5
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 686 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

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 9, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/064403, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 8, 2014)Nov 9, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+686 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 26, 2034High 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 orderSep 26, 2034High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2012/064403PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,969,142this patent
Sep 2034
Sep 2034
US 11,400,680In force
Dec 2032
Dec 2032
US 11,731,385In force
May 2033
May 2033
US 12,053,949In force
Nov 2032
Nov 2032
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 9, 2014
Reel 32864, frame 771
Pettersson, NiklasPacksize LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 9, 2014
Reel 32864, frame 813
Pettersson, Niklas; Osterhout, RyanPacksize LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 23, 2017
Reel 44260, frame 840
Packsize LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Agreement
Jun 29, 2020
Reel 53073, frame 274
Zions Bancorporation, N.A., Dba Zions First National BankPacksize LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 21, 2024
Reel 68730, frame 393
Packsize LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
May 15, 2025
Reel 71282, frame 82
Packsize LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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