Term ends no later than Jun 30, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 30, 2035
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Anchor Packaging, LLC
Filed Jun 30, 2015 as application 14/788,024 · Granted Oct 24, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2015
Jun 30, 2015
Ends no later than
Jun 30, 2035
Jun 30, 2035
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Oct 24, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
5
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jun 30, 2015, when this application, 14/788,024, was filed | Jun 30, 2035 | 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Jun 30, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,796,511 | this patent no later than Jun 2035 | no later than Jun 2035 |
| US 9,656,785 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 9,580,219 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US D795,651 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,450,112 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2016 Reel 38915, frame 466 | Cimmerer, Tim; Krueger, Kevin R.; Pohlman, Mike | Anchor Packaging, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 27, 2019 Reel 49840, frame 936 | Anchor Packaging, Inc. | Anchor Packaging, LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Jul 18, 2019 Reel 49801, frame 700 | Anchor Packaging, LLC | Credit Suisse, AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 18, 2019 Reel 49803, frame 277 | Anchor Packaging, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 Reel 49911, frame 872 | Anchor Packaging, Inc. | Anchor Packaging, LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Aug 1, 2019 Reel 49928, frame 642 | Anchor Packaging, Inc. | Anchor Packaging, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Execution Date. Previously Recorded at Reel: 049911 Frame: 0872. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.. |
| Oct 11, 2019 Reel 50710, frame 139 | Anchor Packaging, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral | Corrective Assignment to Correct the First Lien Security Interest by Removal of Application Nos: 29/633,906 29/629,808, 29/629,900 and 29/629,818 Previously Recorded at Reel: 149801 Frame: 0700. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 4, 2020 Reel 54587, frame 298 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Anchor Packaging, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2025 Reel 74117, frame 907 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, Collateral Agent (as Successor in Interest to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch) | Anchor Packaging, LLC | Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement, Recorded on July 18, 2019 at Reel 49801 Frame 0700 |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2035
Term ends no later than Jun 30, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jun 30, 2035. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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