Term ends Jan 6, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 6, 2029
Held by Signode Industrial Group LLC
Filed Nov 22, 2022 as application 18/058,011 · Granted Aug 22, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 6, 2009
Jan 6, 2009
Term ends
Jan 6, 2029
Jan 6, 2029
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Aug 22, 2023
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are 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 22, 2022) | Jan 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 6, 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 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 11,731,794 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2023 Reel 62379, frame 104 | Neeser, Mirco; Widmer, Roland; Finzo, Flavio | Signode Industrial Group GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2023 Reel 62379, frame 164 | Neeser, Mirco; Widmer, Roland; Finzo, Flavio | Orgapack GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2023 Reel 62379, frame 166 | Orgapack GmbH | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2023 Reel 62379, frame 177 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Premark Packaging LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2023 Reel 62389, frame 765 | Premark Packaging LLC | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 7, 2023 Reel 62669, frame 545 | Neeser, Mirco; Widmer, Roland; Finzo, Flavio | Orgapack GmbH | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 062379 Frame: 0104. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 6, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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