Term ends Jun 8, 2031 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.

Filed Jun 8, 2011 as application 13/155,705 · Granted Aug 14, 2012

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Jun 8, 2031

2011 2031

Clock starts
Jun 8, 2011

Term ends
Jun 8, 2031

Granted
Aug 14, 2012

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.

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 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

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Jun 8, 2011, when this application, 13/155,705, was filed	Jun 8, 2031	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	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	Jun 8, 2031	High confidence

This family

US 8,109,388	In force Sep 2030	Sep 2030
US D636,028	Term ended Apr 2025	Apr 2025
Application 12/970,093	Abandoned not computed	not computed
US 8,627,952	Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2018	Jan 2018
US 8,739,503	Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2022	Jun 2022
US 8,550,331	Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025	Oct 2025
US 8,240,073	this patent Jun 2031	Jun 2031
US D662,989	Term ended Jul 2026	Jul 2026

8 of 17 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
Aug 22, 2011 Reel 26785, frame 246	Vulgamott, Rick; Smith, Daniel T.	Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 14, 2012 Reel 29467, frame 704	John Henry Holdings, Inc.; Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.; Great Western Industries, Inc.; MPS/Ih, LLC; The John Henry Company	Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent	First Lien Patent Security Agreement
Dec 14, 2012 Reel 29467, frame 742	John Henry Holdings, Inc.; Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.; Great Western Industries, Inc.; MPS/Ih, LLC; The John Henry Company	Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent	Second Lien Patent Security Agreement
Aug 16, 2013 Reel 31030, frame 43	Barclays Bank PLC	Great Western Industries, Inc.; MPS/Ih Inc.; Multi-Packaging Solutions, Inc.; The John Henry Company	Release of Security Interest
Aug 16, 2013 Reel 31030, frame 50	Great Western Industries, Inc.; MPS/Ih, LLC; Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.; The John Henry Company; National Graphics, Inc.	Barclays Bank PLC	Security Agreement
Aug 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded	Barclays Bank PLC	Great Western Industries, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Aug 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded	Barclays Bank PLC	MPS/Ih Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Aug 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded	Barclays Bank PLC	Multi-Packaging Solutions, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Aug 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded	Barclays Bank PLC	The John Henry Company	Release of Security Interest
Feb 21, 2014 Reel 32319, frame 364	Barclays PLC	Great Western Industries, Inc.; MPS/Ih, LLC; Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.; The John Henry Company; National Graphics, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Feb 21, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Barclays PLC	Great Western Industries, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Feb 21, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Barclays PLC	MPS/Ih, LLC	Release of Security Interest
Feb 21, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Barclays PLC	Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Feb 21, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Barclays PLC	The John Henry Company	Release of Security Interest
Feb 21, 2014 reel/frame not recorded	Barclays PLC	National Graphics, Inc.	Release of Security Interest

Sources

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Jun 2031

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