Also listed on Vertique, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 18, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 19, 2032
Held by Signode Industrial Group LLC
Filed Nov 19, 2012 as application 13/680,282 · Granted Dec 26, 2017
Base term plus 261 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Nov 19, 2012
Nov 19, 2012
Term ends
Mar 18, 2033
Mar 18, 2033
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Dec 26, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
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
261
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,643,780.
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.
7
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 runs 261 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Nov 19, 2012, when this application, 13/680,282, was filed | Nov 19, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +261 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 7, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,643,780) | capped to Mar 18, 2033 | 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 18, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,850,066 | this patent Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,526,143 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 10,974,898 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 11,492,198 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 11,897,694 | In force no later than Nov 2032 | no later than Nov 2032 |
| US 12,421,038 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| Application 19/026,290 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2013 Reel 29903, frame 477 | Salichs, Rafael; Tamayo, Juan Carlos | Vertique, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 19, 2014 Reel 32920, frame 683 | Vertique, Inc. | Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 20, 2017 Reel 42076, frame 495 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Itw Spain Holdings, S.l. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 30, 2017 Reel 42874, frame 652 | Itw Spain Holdings S.L. | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2018 Reel 45833, frame 485 | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 14, 2023 Reel 65564, frame 736 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.; Signode Industrial Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Signode Industrial Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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
Mar 2033
Term ends Mar 18, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 261 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,643,780.
Citations
37
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.