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System and Method for Forming a Container Having a Grip Region

US 10,118,331 Term ended
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Term ended Apr 7, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Aug 13, 2010 as application 12/856,516 · Granted Nov 6, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Apr 7, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Apr 7, 2006
Term ended
Apr 7, 2026
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 7, 2006, when application 11/399,430, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2010)Apr 7, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 7, 2026High confidence

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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
Sep 26, 2011
Reel 26970, frame 699
Graham Packaging Company, L.p.Reynolds Group Holdings Inc.Security Agreement
Mar 20, 2012
Reel 27895, frame 738
Reynolds Group Holdings Inc.Graham Packaging Company, L.p.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Mar 22, 2012
Reel 27910, frame 609
Graham Packaging Company, L.p.The Bank of New York MellonPatent Security Agreement
Aug 4, 2020
Reel 53396, frame 531
The Bank of New York Mellon, as the Collateral Agent and TrusteeGraham Packaging Company, L.p.Release of Security Interest in Certain Patent Collateral
Aug 4, 2020
Reel 53398, frame 381
Graham Packaging Company, L.p.; Graham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.; Graham Packaging Plastic Products LLCCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 30, 2020
Reel 53961, frame 912
Graham Packaging Company, L.p.CO2PAC LimitedAssignment Effective April 27, 2020
Dec 12, 2023
Reel 65842, frame 258
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Company, L.p.; Graham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.; Graham Packaging Plastic Products LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 12, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Company, L.p.Release of Security Interest
Dec 12, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 12, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Plastic Products LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 26, 2026
Reel 74480, frame 105
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Company, L.p.; Graham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.; Graham Packaging Plastic Products LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 26, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Company, L.p.Release of Security Interest
Jan 26, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 26, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Plastic Products LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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