The Patent Finder
US

Reel Based Lacing System

US 10,863,796 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 23, 2020 (Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC).

Term ends Mar 9, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Nov 5, 2018 as application 16/181,003 · Granted Dec 15, 2020
Base term plus 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2030
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2009
Term ends
Mar 9, 2030
Granted
Dec 15, 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
109
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 109 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 20, 2009, when application 12/623,362, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 5, 2018)Nov 20, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+109 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 9, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 9, 2030High confidence

This family

US 8,468,657In force
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
US 9,259,056In force (reinstated)
Mar 2030
Mar 2030
US 9,138,030In force (reinstated)
Nov 2029
Nov 2029
US 10,123,589In force
Sep 2030
Sep 2030
US 10,863,796this patent
Mar 2030
Mar 2030
US 11,737,519In force
Nov 2029
Nov 2029
US 11,779,083In force
Nov 2029
Nov 2029
Application 18/460,147Pending
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 6, 2018
Reel 47427, frame 524
Soderberg, Mark S.; Nickel, Michael Joseph; Cavanagh, Sean; Goodman, James PaulBoa Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 23, 2020
Reel 54217, frame 646
Boa Technology, Inc.Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLCSecurity 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.

The Patent Finder CompaniesExpirationsCalculatorWatchlistPricing MethodologyCorrectionsLegalPrivacysupport@thepatentfinder.com Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) Part of 137 Finder · © 2026 137 Finder LLC · Sources cited