Term ends May 27, 2041 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends May 27, 2041
Held by Sonoco Development, Inc.
Filed Jun 28, 2024 as application 18/758,854 · Granted Mar 24, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021
Term ends
May 27, 2041
May 27, 2041
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Mar 24, 2026
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,673,696, US 12,049,339, to May 27, 2041. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
9
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 May 27, 2021, when application 17/331,982, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 28, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 27, 2041 | 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 | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,673,696, US 12,049,339) | resolves to May 27, 2041, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 18133898, 17331982 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 27, 2041 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 11,673,696 | In force Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| US 11,834,218 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 11,827,407 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 12,049,339 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 12,179,954 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 12,384,573 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| US 12,583,639 | this patent May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 12,774,120 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
8 of 9 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, 2024 Reel 69217, frame 514 | Price, Trevor | Sonoco Development, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2041
Term ends May 27, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,673,696, US 12,049,339, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.