Term ends Aug 22, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 22, 2032
Held by Xsys Flexo US LLC
Filed Mar 31, 2016 as application 15/086,402 · Granted Sep 5, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Aug 22, 2012
Aug 22, 2012
Term ends
Aug 22, 2032
Aug 22, 2032
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Sep 5, 2017
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,808,968, US 9,329,480, to Aug 22, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 22, 2012, when application 13/591,375, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 31, 2016) | Aug 22, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,808,968, US 9,329,480) | resolves to Aug 22, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Aug 22, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,808,968 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,329,480 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,751,353 | this patent Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2017 Reel 43111, frame 994 | Choi, Jonghan; O'brate, Kerry | MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 30, 2018 Reel 46268, frame 600 | MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC | MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 5, 2019 Reel 49855, frame 1 | MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC (F/K/A MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC) | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 17, 2022 Reel 61956, frame 643 | Barclays Bank PLC | Citibank, N.a. | Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Feb 28, 2025 Reel 70365, frame 89 | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at R/F 049855/0001 |
| Apr 3, 2026 Reel 75338, frame 889 | MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC | Xsys Flexo US LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2032
Term ends Aug 22, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,808,968, US 9,329,480, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.