Term ended Aug 18, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 27, 2026
Held by CO2PAC Limited
Filed Feb 1, 2010 as application 12/697,309 · Granted Aug 7, 2012
Base term plus 172 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Aug 18, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2006
Feb 27, 2006
Term ended
Aug 18, 2026
Aug 18, 2026
Granted
Aug 7, 2012
Aug 7, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
172
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.
9
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 172 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Feb 27, 2006, when application 11/362,416, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 1, 2010) | Feb 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +172 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 18, 2026 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 18, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,075,833 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,017,065 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2006/014055 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,162,655 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 8,235,704 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,323,555 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 10,118,331 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 9,707,711 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
8 of 9 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2011 Reel 26970, frame 699 | Graham Packaging Company, L.p. | Reynolds Group Holdings Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Mar 20, 2012 Reel 27895, frame 738 | Reynolds Group Holdings Inc. | Graham Packaging Company, L.p. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27910, frame 609 | Graham Packaging Company, L.p. | The Bank of New York Mellon | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 12, 2012 Reel 28037, frame 135 | Kelley, Paul | Graham Packaging Company, L.p. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2020 Reel 53396, frame 531 | The Bank of New York Mellon, as the Collateral Agent and Trustee | Graham Packaging Company, L.p. | Release of Security Interest in Certain Patent Collateral |
| Sep 30, 2020 Reel 53961, frame 912 | Graham Packaging Company, L.p. | CO2PAC Limited | Assignment Effective April 27, 2020 |
Sources
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Note
The 172 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.