Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 27, 2018 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Oct 24, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 29, 2037
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Staples, Inc.
Filed Jan 5, 2018 as application 15/863,017 · Granted Jun 16, 2020
Base term plus 25 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Sep 29, 2017
Sep 29, 2017
Term ends
Oct 24, 2037
Oct 24, 2037
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020
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
25
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.
15
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 25 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 29, 2017, when application 15/721,472, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 5, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 29, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +25 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 24, 2037 | 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 | Oct 24, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,803,420 | In force Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2017/054627 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2018/012641 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,683,171 | this patent Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2018/012645 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,589,931 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 11,697,554 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,702,287 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2018 Reel 44769, frame 787 | Jarvis, Daniel; Amador, Paolo Gerli; Bhaskaran, Michael; Kalra, Amit; Gopalakrishnan, Vikranth; Gallaway, Rodney | Staples, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2018 Reel 46638, frame 57 | Staples, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Apr 29, 2019 Reel 49025, frame 369 | Staples, Inc.; Staples Brands Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 26, 2019 Reel 49598, frame 787 | Staples, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2024 Reel 67681, frame 326 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Term Loan Agent | Staples, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at RF 049598/0787 |
| Jun 11, 2024 Reel 67687, frame 558 | Staples, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Term Loan Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2024 Reel 67697, frame 639 | Staples, Inc. | Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 12, 2024 Reel 67711, frame 239 | Staples, Inc. | Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2024 Reel 67783, frame 844 | Computershare Trust Company, National Association (as Successor-in-Interest to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association) | Staples, Inc.; Staples Brands Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Computershare Trust Company, National Association (as Successor-in-Interest to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association) | Staples, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Computershare Trust Company, National Association (as Successor-in-Interest to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association) | Staples Brands Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2037
Term ends Oct 24, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 25 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
130
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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