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Stackable Containers and Methods of Manufacturing, Stacking, and Shipping the Same

US 7,699,171 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 12, 2024 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Collateral Agent).

Term ends Aug 5, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Nov 21, 2005 as application 11/284,696 · Granted Apr 20, 2010
Base term plus 622 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2027
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2005
Term ends
Aug 5, 2027
Granted
Apr 20, 2010
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
622
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.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 622 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 21, 2005, when this application, 11/284,696, was filedNov 21, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+622 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 5, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 5, 2027High confidence

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US 8,065,857Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2023
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US 8,544,649Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2025
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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
Jul 18, 2007
Reel 19570, frame 827
Longbottom, Richard; Rivera, Benedict R.Consolidated Container Company LPAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 5, 2012
Reel 29244, frame 970
Consolidated Container Company LPBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in United States Patents
Jun 23, 2014
Reel 33217, frame 345
Consolidated Container Company LPCiticorp North America, Inc., as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in United States Patents
Jun 26, 2014
Reel 33245, frame 55
Consolidated Container Company LPCiticorp North America, Inc.Second Lien Patent Security Agreement
Sep 10, 2015
Reel 36585, frame 693
Consolidated Container Company LPBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in United States Patents (ABL Credit Facility)
May 23, 2017
Reel 42528, frame 421
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentConsolidated Container Company LPRelease of Security Interest in Patents - Term Loan at R/F 029244/0970
May 23, 2017
Reel 42528, frame 489
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentConsolidated Container Company LPRelease of Security Interest in Patents - Abl at R/F 036585/0693
May 23, 2017
Reel 42528, frame 499
Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral AgentConsolidated Container Company LPRelease Os Security Interest in Patents at R/F 033245/0055
May 23, 2017
Reel 42528, frame 580
Citicorp North America, Inc., as Collateral AgentConsolidated Container Company LPRelease of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 033217/0345
May 23, 2017
Reel 42528, frame 619
Consolidated Container Company LPCitibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAbl Patent Security Agreement
May 23, 2017
Reel 42538, frame 17
Consolidated Container Company LPBarclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Aug 14, 2018
Reel 46863, frame 296
Consolidated Container Company LPConsolidated Container Company LPChange of Address
Jan 30, 2020
Reel 51676, frame 678
Consolidated Container Company LPAltium Packaging LPChange of Name
Jun 12, 2024
Reel 67702, frame 592
Barclays Bank PLC, as Resigning Collateral AgentJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Collateral AgentNotice of Assignment and Assumption of First Lien Security Interest in Patents

Sources

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