Term ends Jan 18, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 6, 2029
Held by Signode Industrial Group LLC
Filed Oct 20, 2015 as application 14/918,167 · Granted Dec 31, 2019
Base term plus 1107 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2032
Clock starts
Jan 6, 2009
Jan 6, 2009
Term ends
Jan 18, 2032
Jan 18, 2032
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Dec 31, 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
1,107
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 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.
17
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 1107 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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 Jan 6, 2009, when applications PCT/CH2009/000001, PCT/CH2009/000002, PCT/CH2009/000003, PCT/CH2009/000004 and PCT/CH2009/000005, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Oct 20, 2015) | Jan 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1107 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 18, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 18, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,254,932 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,174,752 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 9,315,283 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 9,193,486 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,284,080 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 10,518,914 | this patent Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 11,530,059 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 11,731,794 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
8 of 17 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2016 Reel 40138, frame 670 | Neeser, Mirco; Widmer, Roland; Finzo, Flavio | Orgapack GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2016 Reel 40138, frame 642 | Neeeser, Mirco; Widmer, Roland; Finzo, Flavio | Orgapack GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2016 Reel 40138, frame 703 | Orgapack GmbH | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2016 Reel 40138, frame 758 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Premark Packaging LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2016 Reel 40488, frame 428 | Premark Packaging LLC | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 4, 2018 Reel 45833, frame 485 | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 14, 2023 Reel 65564, frame 736 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.; Signode Industrial Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2032
Term ends Jan 18, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1107 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.