Term ends Dec 1, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 14, 2039
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by BW Converting, Inc.
Filed Nov 5, 2019 as application 16/674,294 · Granted Jan 18, 2022
Base term plus 170 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jun 14, 2019
Jun 14, 2019
Term ends
Dec 1, 2039
Dec 1, 2039
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Jan 18, 2022
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
170
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.
3
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 170 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 Jun 14, 2019, when application 16/442,055, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 5, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 14, 2039 | 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 | +170 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 1, 2039 | 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 1, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,843,828 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 11,225,343 | this patent Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,225,342 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2019 Reel 50918, frame 77 | Hyska, David J.; Odegard, John C.; Dunstan, Robert J., JR.; Christman, Brian L. | Paper Converting Machine Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 6, 2024 Reel 68866, frame 798 | Paper Converting Machine Company | BW Converting, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2039
Term ends Dec 1, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 170 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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.