Term ends Oct 13, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 25, 2027
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,918,355, US 7,918,356), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Amcor Rigid Packaging USA, LLC
Filed Dec 29, 2009 as application 12/648,462 · Granted Nov 13, 2012
Base term plus 261 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 25, 2007
Jan 25, 2007
Term ends
Oct 13, 2027
Oct 13, 2027
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
Nov 13, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
261
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,918,355, US 7,918,356, US 8,413,829, to Oct 13, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 261 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jan 25, 2007, when application 11/698,009, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 29, 2009) | Jan 25, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +261 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 13, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,918,355, US 7,918,356, US 8,413,829) | resolves to Oct 13, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Oct 13, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,918,355 | In force no later than Oct 2029 | no later than Oct 2029 |
| US 7,918,356 | In force no later than Oct 2029 | no later than Oct 2029 |
| US 8,308,002 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,413,829 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2010 Reel 24671, frame 648 | Penny, Michael E. | Amcor Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 18, 2017 Reel 43595, frame 444 | Amcor Limited | Amcor Group GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 11, 2018 Reel 47215, frame 173 | Amcor Group GmbH | Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 24, 2020 Reel 52217, frame 418 | Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC | Amcor Rigid Packaging USA, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 13, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 261 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,918,355, US 7,918,356, US 8,413,829, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.