Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 27, 2018 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).

Term ends Dec 25, 2037 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Staples, Inc.

Filed Sep 29, 2017 as application 15/721,472 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Base term plus 87 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Dec 25, 2037

2017 2037

Clock starts
Sep 29, 2017

Term ends
Dec 25, 2037

Granted
Oct 13, 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

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.

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 87 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 Sep 29, 2017, when this application, 15/721,472, was filed	Sep 29, 2037	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+87 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Dec 25, 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	Dec 25, 2037	High confidence

This family

US 10,803,420	this patent 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	In force 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
Dec 13, 2017 Reel 44384, frame 694	Jarvis, Daniel; Amador, Paolo Gerli; Bhaskaran, Michael; 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

Dec 2037

Term ends Dec 25, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Note

The 87 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

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