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Shipping Insert for Protecting a Motor Vehicle Window Panel and Attached Molding During Shipping and Handling

US 7,870,958 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Creative Extruded Products, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jan 6, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Jan 6, 2010 as application 12/655,732 · Granted Jan 18, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Jan 6, 2010
Term ends
Jan 6, 2030
Granted
Jan 18, 2011
base term 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.
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.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 6, 2010, when this application, 12/655,732, was filedJan 6, 2030High 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 events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 6, 2030High confidence

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
Jan 6, 2010
Reel 23787, frame 284
Gross, Bradley M.; Reynolds, Marvin O.Creative Extruded Products, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 4, 2017
Reel 41467, frame 654
Creative Extruded Products, LLCThe Privatebank and Trust CompanySecurity Interest
Jan 21, 2020
Reel 51568, frame 520
Creative Extruded Products, Inc.Creative Extruded Products, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 1, 2021
Reel 58254, frame 632
Cibc Bank USACreative Extruded Products, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 17, 2021
Reel 58421, frame 924
Creative Extruded Products, LLC; Bta Enterprises, LLCMeteor Creative, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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