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Pet Containers with Enhanced Thermal Properties and Process for Making Same

US 10,471,642 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Graham Packaging LC, L.P., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Oct 9, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Apr 2, 2015 as application 14/677,480 · Granted Nov 12, 2019
Base term plus 747 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2031
Clock starts
Sep 22, 2009
Term ends
Oct 9, 2031
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
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
747
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 747 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 22, 2009, when application 12/564,845, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 2, 2015)Sep 22, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+747 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 9, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 9, 2031High 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
Jul 29, 2015
Reel 36206, frame 857
Silvers, Kerry W.; Schneider, Mark D.; Bobrov, Sergey B.; Evins, Samuel E.Graham Packaging Lc, L.p.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 12, 2016
Reel 37727, frame 846
Graham Packaging Lc, L.p.Graham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.Merger
Nov 9, 2017
Reel 44722, frame 528
Closure Systems International Inc.; Evergreen Packaging Inc.; Graham Packaging Company, L.p.; Graham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.; Pactiv LLC; Pactiv Packaging Inc.; Reynolds Consumer Products LLC; Reynolds Presto Products Inc.The Bank of New York MellonPatent Security Agreement
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
Aug 4, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
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/frame not recorded
The Bank of New York Mellon, as the Collateral Agent and TrusteeGraham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.Release of Security Interest in Certain Patent Collateral
Aug 4, 2020
Reel 53397, frame 128
The Bank of New York Mellon, as the Collateral Agent and TrusteeGraham Packaging Company, L.p.; Graham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.Release of Security Interest in Certain Patent Collateral
Nov 6, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent) as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Company, L.p.Release of Security Interest
Nov 6, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent) as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 6, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent) as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Plastic Products LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 6, 2024
Reel 69154, frame 174
UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent) as Collateral AgentGraham Packaging Company, L.p.; Graham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.; Graham Packaging Plastic Products LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 7, 2024
Reel 69317, frame 56
Graham Packaging Pet Technologies Inc.CO2PAC LimitedAssignment Effective August 27, 2024

Sources

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

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