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 May 18, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 19, 2029
Held by Hood Packaging Corporation
Filed Oct 19, 2009 as application 12/581,279 · Granted Dec 10, 2013
Base term plus 576 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Oct 19, 2009
Oct 19, 2009
Term ends
May 18, 2031
May 18, 2031
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Dec 10, 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
576
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 576 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 19, 2009, when this application, 12/581,279, was filed | Oct 19, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +576 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 18, 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 | May 18, 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 19, 2009 Reel 23388, frame 804 | Smith, Allyson; Sharp, Stuart | Exopack, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2011 Reel 26376, frame 569 | Exopack, LLC; Exopack-Technology, LLC; Exopack Advanced Coatings, LLC | General Electric Capital Corporation, as US Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 7, 2011 Reel 26399, frame 434 | Exopack, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 15, 2013 Reel 31645, frame 475 | Exopack, LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 18, 2013 Reel 31664, frame 856 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Exopack, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 11, 2018 Reel 45059, frame 480 | Exopack, LLC | Coveris Flexibles US LLC | Change of Name |
| May 3, 2018 Reel 46063, frame 208 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Coveris 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 LLC | Transcontinental US LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 6, 2020 Reel 51743, frame 681 | Transcontinental US LLC | Hood Packaging Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 9, 2025 Reel 72194, frame 821 | Hood Packaging Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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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
May 2031
Term ends May 18, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 576 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
That is below 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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