Collateral for a security interest recorded May 24, 2024 (Oha Agency LLC).
Term ends Apr 26, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 26, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Cleaning Systems, LLC
Filed Dec 5, 2018 as application 16/210,906 · Granted Nov 26, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016
Term ends
Apr 26, 2036
Apr 26, 2036
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Nov 26, 2019
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 10,151,614, US 9,476,748, to Apr 26, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Apr 26, 2016, when application 15/139,036, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 5, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 26, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,151,614, US 9,476,748) | resolves to Apr 26, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Apr 26, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,476,748 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 |
| US 10,151,614 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 10,488,244 | this patent Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2018 Reel 47684, frame 214 | Krause, David R., MR.; Fredrickson, Patrick A., MR.; Smith, Kenneth R., MR. | Cleaning Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2020 Reel 53963, frame 78 | Cleaning Systems, LLC; Transclean, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2020 Reel 54332, frame 857 | Cleaning Systems, Inc. | Cleaning Systems, LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Dec 29, 2020 Reel 54767, frame 843 | Cleaning Systems, LLC | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Transclean, LLC | Patent Release and Reassignment of R/F 053963/0078 |
| Jan 8, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Cleaning Systems, LLC | Patent Release and Reassignment of R/F 053963/0078 |
| Jan 8, 2021 Reel 54927, frame 921 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Transclean, LLC; Cleaning Systems, LLC | Patent Release and Reassignment of R/F 053963/0078 |
| May 24, 2024 Reel 67519, frame 797 | Cleaning Systems, LLC | Oha Agency LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| May 24, 2024 Reel 67528, frame 490 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Agent | Cleaning Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property at R/F 054767/0843 |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2036
Term ends Apr 26, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,151,614, US 9,476,748, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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