Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 13, 2013 (Zions First National Bank).
Term ends May 19, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 18, 2029
Held by Packsize LLC
Filed Apr 26, 2011 as application 13/059,630 · Granted Nov 19, 2013
Base term plus 274 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Aug 18, 2009
Aug 18, 2009
Term ends
May 19, 2030
May 19, 2030
Granted
Nov 19, 2013
Nov 19, 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
274
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.
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 274 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 Aug 18, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/054147, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 26, 2011) | Aug 18, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +274 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 19, 2030 | 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 | May 19, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2009/054147 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,256,620 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| Application PCT/US2010/060974 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,584,928 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2011 Reel 27013, frame 373 | Kiessner, Hanko | Packsize LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2013 Reel 31266, frame 622 | Packsize LLC | Zions First National Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 23, 2017 Reel 44260, frame 840 | Packsize LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2017 Reel 43943, frame 415 | ZB, N.A. Dba Zions First National Bank | Packsize LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2024 Reel 68730, frame 393 | Packsize LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| May 15, 2025 Reel 71282, frame 82 | Packsize LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 19, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 274 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.