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Single Point Hinge for a Container

US 7,685,677 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Mar 30, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 22, 2007 as application 11/821,407 · Granted Mar 30, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 30, 2022
2003 2026
Clock starts
Aug 15, 2003
No longer in force
Mar 30, 2022
Granted
Mar 30, 2010
Term would have run to
Aug 15, 2023
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
11
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Aug 15, 2023: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 15, 2003, when application 10/641,671, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 22, 2007)Aug 15, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Mar 30, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 30, 2022High confidence

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US 6,786,351Term ended
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US D536,992Term ended
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US 7,243,813Term ended
no later than Nov 2021
no later than Nov 2021
US 7,549,551In force
Oct 2027
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US 7,685,677this patent
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
US 9,278,787Term ended
Jan 2024
Jan 2024
US 7,691,301Lapsed on the fee record
Apr 2022
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8 of 11 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 2, 2007
Reel 19639, frame 385
Garg, Satya; Riales, Brent; Smith, David; Cimmerer, TimAnchor PackagingAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 11, 2019
Reel 49724, frame 477
Anchor Packaging, Inc.Anchor Packaging, LLCDeclaration of Conversion to LLC
Jul 18, 2019
Reel 49801, frame 700
Anchor Packaging, LLCCredit Suisse, AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 18, 2019
Reel 49803, frame 277
Anchor Packaging, LLCCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 11, 2019
Reel 50710, frame 139
Anchor Packaging, LLCCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as CollateralCorrective Assignment to Correct the First Lien Security Interest by Removal of Application Nos: 29/633,906 29/629,808, 29/629,900 and 29/629,818 Previously Recorded at Reel: 149801 Frame: 0700. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Dec 4, 2020
Reel 54587, frame 298
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentAnchor Packaging, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 16, 2025
Reel 74117, frame 907
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, Collateral Agent (as Successor in Interest to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch)Anchor Packaging, LLCRelease of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement, Recorded on July 18, 2019 at Reel 49801 Frame 0700

Sources

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