Term ends Mar 22, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 22, 2031
Filed Apr 19, 2016 as application 15/133,131 · Granted Aug 13, 2019
Base term plus 475 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Mar 22, 2011
Mar 22, 2011
Term ends
Mar 22, 2031
Mar 22, 2031
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Aug 13, 2019
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
475
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 10,351,701, US 9,321,549.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
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 475 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Mar 22, 2011, when application 13/069,327, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 19, 2016) | Mar 22, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +475 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 9, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,351,701, US 9,321,549) | capped to Mar 22, 2031 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 22, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,321,549 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 10,377,896 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2016 Reel 38380, frame 36 | Georgelos, Paul; Montefusco, Pat; Wyslotsky, Bohdan; Skaggs, Jeanne | Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 29, 2019 Reel 49017, frame 175 | Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. | Sonoco Development Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2025 Reel 71338, frame 486 | Sonoco Development, Inc. | Toppan Packaging Americas Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 22, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 475 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 10,351,701, US 9,321,549.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.