Packaging for Fragile Items

US 7,134,553 Lapsed on the fee record

Overview Sources & methods

Lapsed Nov 14, 2018 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Anl-Plastics N.V.

Filed Jul 28, 2004 as application 10/900,708 · Granted Nov 14, 2006

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Lapsed Nov 14, 2018

2002 2026

Clock starts
Jul 31, 2002

No longer in force
Nov 14, 2018

Granted
Nov 14, 2006

Term would have run to
Jul 31, 2022

base term after the term ends 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

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

Unresolved

Terminal disclaimer

On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.

2 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.

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 Jul 31, 2002, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jul 28, 2004)	Jul 31, 2022	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	Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved	no cap applied, and none guessed	Medium confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Nov 14, 2018	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Nov 14, 2018	Medium confidence

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

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.

Packaging for Fragile Items

Lapsed Nov 14, 2018 on the fee record · Medium confidence

20-year base term ended Jul 31, 2022

How we calculated this date

Sources