Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.

178 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

3 more in force are now held by other companies

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 4 name spellings.

Ending by 2030

Jan 2027

Next term end

When these terms end

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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Nov 14, 2026
The maintenance fee for Anti-Wrinkling Tooling Assembly for a Can Bodymaker (US 10,286,437) comes due Nov 14, 2026. Unpaid by May 14, 2027, it lapses early.
3 fees due Dec 16 to 25, 2026 · next Dec 16
3 fees due Jan 9 to 21, 2027 · next Jan 9
2 fees due Feb 1 to 13, 2027 · next Feb 1
1 fee due Mar 22, 2027
The maintenance fee for Process for filling a can (US 9,139,346) comes due Mar 22, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 22, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Apr 8 to 20, 2027 · next Apr 8
1 fee due May 17, 2027
The maintenance fee for Can Ends Having Machine Readable Information (US 9,187,221) comes due May 17, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 17, 2027, it lapses early.
4 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
2 fees due Jul 30, 2027
3 fees due Aug 18 to 23, 2027 · next Aug 18
3 fees due Sep 8 to 22, 2027 · next Sep 8
3 fees due Oct 5 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 5
2 fees due Nov 3 to 10, 2027 · next Nov 3

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Recent changes

4 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
3 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US D673,851	Cap In force Term ends Jan 8, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 8, 2027	High confidence
US 8,240,501	Method of Controlling In-Can Pressure During Thermal Processing In force Term ends Feb 7, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 7, 2027	High confidence
US D681,459	Closure Cap In force Term ends May 7, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 7, 2027	High confidence
US D681,480	Metal Can In force Term ends May 7, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 7, 2027	High confidence
US D682,104	Closure Cap In force Term ends May 14, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 14, 2027	High confidence
US D682,105	Closure Cap In force Term ends May 14, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 14, 2027	High confidence
US D682,106	Closure Cap In force Term ends May 14, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 14, 2027	High confidence
US D682,107	Closure Cap In force Term ends May 14, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 14, 2027	High confidence
US D684,051	Can Top In force Term ends Jun 11, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 11, 2027	High confidence
US D688,553	Can In force Term ends Aug 27, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 27, 2027	High confidence

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Sources and methods

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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

8 pending · 27 abandoned · 31 no status recorded

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