Term ends Dec 19, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 22, 2039
Held by Decopac, Inc.
Filed May 8, 2020 as application 16/870,528 · Granted May 3, 2022
Base term plus 150 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jul 22, 2019
Jul 22, 2019
Term ends
Dec 19, 2039
Dec 19, 2039
Granted
May 3, 2022
May 3, 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
150
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.
2
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 150 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 22, 2019, when application 16/518,202, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 8, 2020) | Jul 22, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +150 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 19, 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 19, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,692,124 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,321,755 | this patent Dec 2039 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2021 Reel 56283, frame 91 | Decopac, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2039
Term ends Dec 19, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 150 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
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