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Bags Having Adhesive Drying Structures and Related Methods

US 8,591,110 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Transcontinental US LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 9, 2025 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Mar 20, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Nov 25, 2009 as application 12/625,960 · Granted Nov 26, 2013
Base term plus 480 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2031
Clock starts
Nov 25, 2009
Term ends
Mar 20, 2031
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
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
480
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 480 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 25, 2009, when this application, 12/625,960, was filedNov 25, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+480 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 20, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 20, 2031High 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 25, 2009
Reel 23571, frame 49
Smith, Allyson; Thompson, Jonathan W.; Monier, JimExopack, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 2, 2011
Reel 26376, frame 569
Exopack, LLC; Exopack-Technology, LLC; Exopack Advanced Coatings, LLCGeneral Electric Capital Corporation, as US AgentSecurity Agreement
Jun 7, 2011
Reel 26399, frame 434
Exopack, LLCBank of America, N.A., as AgentSecurity Agreement
Nov 15, 2013
Reel 31645, frame 475
Exopack, LLCGoldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Nov 18, 2013
Reel 31664, frame 856
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentExopack, LLCRelease of Patent Security Agreement
Jan 11, 2018
Reel 45059, frame 480
Exopack, LLCCoveris Flexibles US LLCChange of Name
May 3, 2018
Reel 46063, frame 208
Goldman Sachs Bank USACoveris Flexibles US LLC (Formerly, Exopack, LLC)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 031645/0475
May 3, 2018
Reel 46070, frame 676
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Successor by Assignment to General Electric Capital Corporation)Coveris Flexibles US LLC (Formerly, Exopack, LLC); Coveris Technology LLC (Formerly, Exopack-Technology, LLC); Coveris Advanced Coatings US LLC (Formerly, Exopack Advanced Coatings, LLC)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 026376/0569
May 3, 2018
Reel 47077, frame 799
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Successor by Assignment to General Electric Capital Corporation)Coveris Flexibles US LLC (Formerly Known as Exopack, LLC); Coveris Technology LLC (Formerly Known as Exopack-Technology, LLC); Coveris Advanced Coatings US LLC (Formerly Known as Exopack Advanced Coatings, LLC)Release of Security Interest in Patents
May 3, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Successor by Assignment to General Electric Capital Corporation)Coveris Flexibles US LLC (Formerly, Exopack, LLC)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 026376/0569
May 3, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Successor by Assignment to General Electric Capital Corporation)Coveris Technology LLC (Formerly, Exopack-Technology, LLC)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 026376/0569
May 3, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Successor by Assignment to General Electric Capital Corporation)Coveris Advanced Coatings US LLC (Formerly, Exopack Advanced Coatings, LLC)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 026376/0569
May 3, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Successor by Assignment to General Electric Capital Corporation)Coveris Flexibles US LLC (Formerly Known as Exopack, LLC)Release of Security Interest in Patents
May 3, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Successor by Assignment to General Electric Capital Corporation)Coveris Technology LLC (Formerly Known as Exopack-Technology, LLC)Release of Security Interest in Patents
May 3, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Successor by Assignment to General Electric Capital Corporation)Coveris Advanced Coatings US LLC (Formerly Known as Exopack Advanced Coatings, LLC)Release of Security Interest in Patents
Oct 18, 2019
Reel 50767, frame 640
Coveris Flexibles US LLCTranscontinental US LLCChange of Name
Feb 6, 2020
Reel 51743, frame 681
Transcontinental US LLCHood Packaging CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 9, 2025
Reel 72194, frame 821
Hood Packaging CorporationBank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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