Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 31, 2024 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Mar 14, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 14, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Davis-Standard, LLC
Filed Mar 14, 2014 as application 14/212,840 · Granted Oct 20, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2014
Mar 14, 2014
Term ends
Mar 14, 2034
Mar 14, 2034
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 2015
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
9
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Mar 14, 2014, when this application, 14/212,840, was filed; a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 14, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 14, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 61/788,776 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 61/932,519 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 14/213,072 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,162,403 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application 14/212,289 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/210,531 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2014/028513 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/028115 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2015 Reel 36287, frame 723 | Helmy, Hassan; Moeller, Robert F.; Christiano, John P. | Davis-Standard, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 13, 2021 Reel 58495, frame 515 | Davis-Standard, LLC; Thermoforming Systems, LLC | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jan 31, 2024 Reel 66308, frame 392 | Davis-Standard, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2024 Reel 66627, frame 842 | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Davis-Standard, LLC; Thermoforming Systems, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 058495/0515) |
| Feb 20, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Davis-Standard, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 058495/0515) |
| Feb 20, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Thermoforming Systems, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 058495/0515) |
| Jun 3, 2025 Reel 71297, frame 766 | Davis-Standard, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2026 Reel 74846, frame 990 | Davis-Standard, LLC; SG Parent LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 14, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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