Collateral for a security interest recorded May 6, 2009 (Wachovia Bank, National Association).
Term ends Nov 19, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 10, 2026
Held by Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
Filed Apr 10, 2006 as application 11/400,893 · Granted Mar 3, 2009
Base term plus 223 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Apr 10, 2006
Apr 10, 2006
Term ends
Nov 19, 2026
Nov 19, 2026
Granted
Mar 3, 2009
Mar 3, 2009
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
223
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
2
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 223 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 10, 2006, when this application, 11/400,893, was filed | Apr 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +223 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 19, 2026 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 19, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,497,004 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2007/066098 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 11, 2007 Reel 18748, frame 816 | Cote, Andre | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2007 Reel 18748, frame 837 | Duschek, Detlef | Checkpoint Systems International GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 7, 2007 Reel 18974, frame 857 | Checkpoint Systems International GmbH | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 6, 2009 Reel 22634, frame 888 | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 22, 2010 Reel 24723, frame 187 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Successor-by-Merger to Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Termination of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 2, 2012 Reel 28714, frame 552 | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank | Security Agreement |
| Dec 12, 2013 Reel 31805, frame 1 | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Dec 16, 2013 Reel 31825, frame 545 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Checkpoint Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 19, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 223 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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