Term ends Dec 10, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 27, 2038
Held by BW Converting, Inc.
Filed Dec 8, 2021 as application 17/545,125 · Granted May 9, 2023
Base term plus 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Nov 27, 2018
Nov 27, 2018
Term ends
Dec 10, 2038
Dec 10, 2038
Granted
May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023
base term
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
13
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 11,247,863, to Dec 10, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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 13 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 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 Nov 27, 2018, when application 16/201,034, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 8, 2021) | Nov 27, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +13 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 10, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,247,863) | resolves to Dec 10, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 10, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,046,540 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 11,247,863 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 11,912,519 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 11,643,294 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,600,590 | In force May 2039 | May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2021 Reel 58332, frame 950 | Techlin, Michael E; Usimaki, R. Paul | 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 2038
Term ends Dec 10, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 13 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 11,247,863, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 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.