Term ends Jun 1, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 23, 2031
Held by Pregis LLC
Filed Dec 11, 2017 as application 15/838,286 · Granted Oct 6, 2020
Base term plus 161 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2011
Dec 23, 2011
Term ends
Jun 1, 2032
Jun 1, 2032
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Oct 6, 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
161
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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 161 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Dec 23, 2011, when application 13/336,824, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 11, 2017) | Dec 23, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +161 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 1, 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 1, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,840,056 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,792,882 | this patent Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 11,623,423 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 11,958,265 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2018 Reel 44516, frame 629 | Wetsch, Thomas D.; Tegel, Robert | Pregis Innovative Packaging, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2018 Reel 44978, frame 519 | Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc. | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 19, 2018 Reel 46593, frame 535 | Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.; Pregis Intellipack LLC; Pregis Sharp Systems, LLC; Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc. | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 1, 2019 Reel 49932, frame 377 | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Aug 1, 2019 Reel 49941, frame 652 | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 13, 2019 Reel 50993, frame 798 | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.; Pregis Intellipack LLC; Pregis Sharp Systems, LLC; Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 13, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 13, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Pregis Intellipack LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 13, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Pregis Sharp Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 13, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2024 Reel 68518, frame 568 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Patent Security Interests (First Lien) |
| Feb 19, 2025 Reel 70267, frame 742 | Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC | Pregis LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2032
Term ends Jun 1, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 161 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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