Also listed on Quality Park, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 5, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 1, 2030
Held by Tops Products LLC
Filed Oct 1, 2010 as application 12/896,462 · Granted Oct 1, 2013
Base term plus 277 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2010
Oct 1, 2010
Term ends
Jul 5, 2031
Jul 5, 2031
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Oct 1, 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
277
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 277 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 Oct 1, 2010, when this application, 12/896,462, was filed | Oct 1, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +277 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 5, 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 | Jul 5, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2010 Reel 25090, frame 125 | Bettinger, James Edward | Cenveo Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2013 Reel 30233, frame 588 | Cenveo Corporation,; Nashua Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Apr 17, 2013 Reel 30237, frame 637 | Cenveo Corporation; Nashua Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Lien and Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2013 Reel 30237, frame 662 | Cenveo Corporation; Discount Labels, LLC; RX Technology Corp.; Washburn Graphics, Inc.; Nashua Corporation; Envelope Product Group, LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 26, 2014 Reel 33245, frame 842 | Cenveo Corporation; Cadmus Journal Services, Inc.; CDMS Management, LLC; Discount Labels, LLC; Garamond/Pridemark Press, Inc.; Lightning Labels, LLC; Madison/Graham Colorgraphics, Inc.; Nashua Corporation; Cadmus Marketing Group, Inc.; Envelope Product Group, LLC; Washburn Graphics, Inc. | The Bank of New York Mellon | Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2014 Reel 33259, frame 79 | Bank Of America, N. A. | Cenveo Corporation; Nashua Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2014 Reel 33262, frame 900 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Cenveo Corporation; Nashua Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N. A. | Cenveo Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N. A. | Nashua Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Cenveo Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Nashua Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 6, 2017 Reel 44315, frame 367 | Cenveo Corporation | QP Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 6, 2017 Reel 44724, frame 27 | QP Holdings, LLC | Quality Park, LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 8, 2017 Reel 44761, frame 103 | Quality Park, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 11, 2017 Reel 44356, frame 453 | Quality Park, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Jan 5, 2018 Reel 45012, frame 561 | QP Holdings, LLC | LSC Communications US, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 14, 2018 Reel 45204, frame 969 | Quality Park, LLC | LSC Communications US, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2019 Reel 49007, frame 822 | Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral Agent | Cenveo Worldwide Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 26, 2019 Reel 49013, frame 654 | Bank of New York Mellon | Cenveo Worldwide Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| May 15, 2020 Reel 52678, frame 364 | LSC Communications US, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 23, 2020 Reel 53309, frame 787 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Resigning Trustee and Collateral Agent | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Successor Trustee and Collateral Agent | Assignment of Patent Security Agreements |
| Dec 9, 2020 Reel 54660, frame 870 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Quality Park, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 10, 2020 Reel 54669, frame 393 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | LSC Communications US, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 16, 2020 Reel 54673, frame 837 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | LSC Communications US, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2020 Reel 54792, frame 973 | LSC Communications LLC (Formerly Acr III Libra Holdings LLC); Tops Products LLC; Continuum Marketing Services LLC; LSC Communications MCL LLC; LSC Communications Transport LLC; LSC Communications Book LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Notice of Security Interests |
| Jan 14, 2021 Reel 54999, frame 396 | LSC Communications US, LLC | Tops Products LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2022 Reel 59855, frame 257 | LSC Communications LLC; LSC Communications Book LLC; LSC Communications MCL LLC; LSC Communications Transport LLC; Continuum Marketing Services LLC; Tops Products LLC; Phoenix Color LLC | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2024 Reel 68964, frame 868 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | LSC Communications LLC; LSC Communications Book LLC; LSC Communications MCL LLC; LSC Communications Transport LLC; Tops Products LLC; Phoenix Color LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | LSC Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | LSC Communications Book LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | LSC Communications MCL LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | LSC Communications Transport LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Tops Products LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Phoenix Color LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 5, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 277 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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