Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 15, 2017 (Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch).
Lapsed Jun 14, 2019 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 9, 2024
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,713,605), so the cap could be lower.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Tekni-Plex, Inc.
Filed Mar 18, 2010 as application 12/661,482 · Granted Jun 14, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 14, 2019
2004
2026
Clock starts
Dec 9, 2004
Dec 9, 2004
No longer in force
Jun 14, 2019
Jun 14, 2019
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Jun 14, 2011
Term would have run to
Dec 9, 2024
Dec 9, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,713,605, US 7,740,927, US 7,819,266, to Dec 9, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
Its term would have run to Dec 9, 2024: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 9, 2004, when application 11/008,485, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 18, 2010) | Dec 9, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,713,605, US 7,740,927, US 7,819,266) | resolves to Dec 9, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jun 14, 2019 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 14, 2019 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,740,927 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 7,960,001 | this patent Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2014 Reel 33578, frame 327 | Tech-Seal Products, Inc.; Beyba, Inc.; Antar, George; Yousif, Paul E. | Tekni-Plex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35813, frame 164 | Tekni-Plex, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35814, frame 314 | Tekni-Plex, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Abl Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35814, frame 362 | Tekni-Plex, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 18, 2017 Reel 44225, frame 79 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Tekni-Plex, Inc.; Natvar Holdings, LLC; Plastic Specialties and Technologies, Inc.; Tri-Seal Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 Reel 44342, frame 928 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Tekni-Plex, Inc.; Natvar Holdings, LLC; Plastic Specialties and Technologies, Inc.; Tri-Seal Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Tekni-Plex, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Natvar Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Plastic Specialties and Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Tri-Seal Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Tekni-Plex, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Natvar Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Plastic Specialties and Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Tri-Seal Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 15, 2017 Reel 44763, frame 1 | Tekni-Plex, Inc.; Natvar Holdings, LLC; Plastic Specialties and Technologies, Inc.; Tri-Seal Holdings, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Security Interest |
| Nov 15, 2017 Reel 44763, frame 339 | Tekni-Plex, Inc.; Natvar Holdings, LLC; Plastic Specialties and Technologies, Inc.; Tri-Seal Holdings, Inc. | Bmo Harris Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,713,605, US 7,740,927, US 7,819,266, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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