Also listed on Precision Pet Products, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 26, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 10, 2031
Filed Jun 10, 2013 as application 13/913,625 · Granted Jul 21, 2020
Base term plus 1326 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2034
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2011
Mar 10, 2011
Term ends
Oct 26, 2034
Oct 26, 2034
Granted
Jul 21, 2020
Jul 21, 2020
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
1,326
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.
3
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 1326 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 Mar 10, 2011, when application 13/045,035, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 10, 2013) | Mar 10, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1326 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 26, 2034 | 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 26, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 13/045,035 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,716,284 | this patent Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 11,297,794 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
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 10, 2013 Reel 30585, frame 254 | Link, David | Precision Pet Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 5, 2016 Reel 39592, frame 802 | Precision Pet Products, Inc. | Ally Bank, As Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 8, 2017 Reel 41201, frame 880 | Precision Pet Products, Inc. | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 8, 2017 Reel 41201, frame 968 | Precision Pet Products, Inc. | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Merger |
| May 23, 2017 Reel 42477, frame 458 | Ally Bank, As Agent | Precision Pet Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 23, 2017 Reel 42554, frame 250 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2021 Reel 57523, frame 912 | Antares Capital LP | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.; GAMMA2 LLC; Healthy Chews, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2021 Reel 57524, frame 556 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Bank of Montreal | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Sep 16, 2021 Reel 57524, frame 645 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Bank of Montreal | Abl Security Agreement |
| Sep 16, 2021 Reel 57704, frame 414 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Bank of Montreal | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Sep 16, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP | GAMMA2 LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP | Healthy Chews, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 6, 2023 Reel 65179, frame 9 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2023 Reel 65180, frame 461 | Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC | Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 9, 2023 Reel 65180, frame 954 | Bank of Montreal | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 9, 2023 Reel 65181, frame 322 | Bank of Montreal | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 28, 2024 Reel 67246, frame 427 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67501, frame 177 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Term Loan Patent Security Agreement |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67501, frame 236 | Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, as the Collateral Agent | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral (CAYMAN) |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67501, frame 282 | Bank of Montreal, as the Collateral Agent | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral (First Lien) |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67501, frame 320 | Bank of Montreal, as the Collateral Agent | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral (Second Lien) |
| Feb 13, 2025 Reel 70207, frame 222 | Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 9, 2025 Reel 70449, frame 398 | Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 29, 2025 Reel 72261, frame 915 | Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2034
Term ends Oct 26, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1326 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
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