Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 31, 2025 (Ares Capital Corporation, as the Collateral Agent).
Term ends Jun 17, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2030
Held by Comar, LLC
Filed Jun 29, 2010 as application 12/825,786 · Granted Jun 11, 2013
Base term plus 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2010
Jun 29, 2010
Term ends
Jun 17, 2031
Jun 17, 2031
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
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
353
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.
This patent's term runs 353 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jun 29, 2010, when this application, 12/825,786, was filed | Jun 29, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +353 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 17, 2031 | 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 17, 2031 | High 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2013 Reel 29789, frame 479 | Manera, David A.; O'brien, Victoria Moore; Myers, Brian; Hoffman, Daniel R.; Buehler, John D. | Comar Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 29, 2013 Reel 31508, frame 1 | Comar, LLC | Bank Of Montreal, As Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2013 Reel 31513, frame 744 | Comar, Inc. | Comar, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 18, 2018 Reel 46121, frame 918 | Comar, LLC; West Bend Packaging, LLC; Paradigm Packaging, Inc. | Varagon Capital Partners Agent, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 13, 2018 Reel 46343, frame 253 | Bank of Montreal | Comar, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 31, 2025 Reel 72748, frame 898 | Comar, LLC | Ares Capital Corporation, as the Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 31, 2025 Reel 72753, frame 361 | Varagon Capital Partners Agent, LLC | Comar, LLC; West Bend Packaging, LLC; Paradigm Packaging, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 31, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Varagon Capital Partners Agent, LLC | Comar, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 31, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Varagon Capital Partners Agent, LLC | West Bend Packaging, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 31, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Varagon Capital Partners Agent, LLC | Paradigm Packaging, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2031
Term ends Jun 17, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
40
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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
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