Term ends Aug 27, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 6, 2029
Held by Signode Industrial Group LLC
Filed Nov 7, 2019 as application 16/677,266 · Granted Dec 20, 2022
Base term plus 233 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 6, 2009
Jan 6, 2009
Term ends
Aug 27, 2029
Aug 27, 2029
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 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
233
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,254,932, US 9,284,080, US 9,315,283, to Aug 27, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
17
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 233 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 1 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 Jan 6, 2009, when applications PCT/CH2009/000001, PCT/CH2009/000002, PCT/CH2009/000003, PCT/CH2009/000004 and PCT/CH2009/000005, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Nov 7, 2019) | Jan 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +233 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 27, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,254,932, US 9,284,080, US 9,315,283) | resolves to Aug 27, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 27, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,254,932 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,174,752 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 9,315,283 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 9,193,486 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,284,080 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 10,518,914 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 11,530,059 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 11,731,794 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
8 of 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2019 Reel 50962, frame 624 | Neeser, Mirco; Widmer, Roland; Finzo, Flavio | Orgapack GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2019 Reel 50962, frame 637 | Orgapack GmbH | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2019 Reel 50962, frame 649 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Premark Packaging LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2019 Reel 50977, frame 311 | Premark Packaging LLC | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 27, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 233 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,254,932, US 9,284,080, US 9,315,283, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.