Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 9, 2026 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 26, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 29, 2027
Held by Cryovac, LLC
Filed May 11, 2007 as application 11/801,902 · Granted Mar 30, 2010
Base term plus 453 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Jan 29, 2007
Jan 29, 2007
Term ends
Apr 26, 2028
Apr 26, 2028
Granted
Mar 30, 2010
Mar 30, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
453
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.
5
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 453 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 Jan 29, 2007, when applications 11/699,121, 11/699,154 and 11/699,532, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed May 11, 2007) | Jan 29, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +453 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 26, 2028 | 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 | Apr 26, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/699,121 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/699,154 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,744,806 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 7,687,123 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/001122 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2025 Reel 73428, frame 495 | Cryovac, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2025 Reel 72793, frame 376 | Rivers, Brian P.; Broadus, Michael E.; Freeman, Bryan E. | Cryovac, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2025 Reel 73507, frame 44 | Cryovac, Inc. | Cryovac, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 9, 2026 Reel 75378, frame 512 | Sealed Air Corporation; Cryovac, LLC; Shanklin Corporation; Sealed Air IP Holdings, LLC; Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2026 Reel 75376, frame 973 | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Cryovac, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 13, 2026 Reel 75384, frame 16 | Sealed Air Corporation; Cryovac, LLC; Shanklin Corporation; Sealed Air IP Holdings, LLC; Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 26, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 453 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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.