Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 12, 2017 (Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.).
Term ended Feb 17, 2023 · High confidence
Held by Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
Filed Feb 13, 2007 as application 29/272,726 · Granted Feb 17, 2009
Base term, 14 years from grant
Today
Term ended Feb 17, 2023
2009
2026
Clock starts
Feb 17, 2009
Feb 17, 2009
Term ended
Feb 17, 2023
Feb 17, 2023
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
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14 years from grant
Base term
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55
Family applications on record here
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 14 years from grant | Granted Feb 17, 2009 | Feb 17, 2023 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 17, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 10/461,623 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 10/847,492 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2004/018210 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 11/023,715 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,708,159 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 7,625,059 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2007/001880 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US D586,664 | this patent Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
8 of 55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2007 Reel 18999, frame 596 | Darr, Richard C.; Miller, James J.; Lovelace, JR., Richard A. | Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 12, 2017 Reel 44204, frame 547 | Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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