Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 12, 2024 (Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent).
Term ends Oct 29, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 16, 2031
Held by Safe Rack LLC
Filed Jun 5, 2015 as application 14/732,207 · Granted Jul 23, 2019
Base term plus 105 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2011
Jul 16, 2011
Term ends
Oct 29, 2031
Oct 29, 2031
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Jul 23, 2019
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
105
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
8
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 105 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jul 16, 2011, when application 13/184,499, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 5, 2015) | Jul 16, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +105 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 29, 2031 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 29, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 13/184,499 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,358,871 | this patent Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US D872,310 | In force no later than Jan 2035 | no later than Jan 2035 |
| US D878,635 | In force no later than Mar 2035 | no later than Mar 2035 |
| US 11,447,965 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 11,739,544 | In force no later than Jul 2031 | no later than Jul 2031 |
| US 12,534,923 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| Application 19/456,512 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2018 Reel 46749, frame 888 | Safe Rack LLC | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 24, 2022 Reel 59390, frame 281 | Honeycutt, Robert W. | Safe Rack LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2022 Reel 61933, frame 415 | Safe Rack LLC | Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 15, 2022 Reel 61767, frame 615 | Truist Bank (Successor by Merger to Suntrust Bank) | Safe Rack LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 12, 2024 Reel 69618, frame 487 | Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLC | Safe Rack LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 12, 2024 Reel 69618, frame 509 | Safe Rack LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 29, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 105 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 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.