Also listed on Idq Operating, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 19, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Mar 19, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2032
Filed Oct 2, 2018 as application 16/149,900 · Granted Apr 20, 2021
Base term plus 140 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2012
Oct 30, 2012
Term ends
Mar 19, 2033
Mar 19, 2033
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Apr 20, 2021
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
140
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.
30
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 140 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 30, 2012, when application 13/663,764, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 2, 2018) | Oct 30, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +140 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 19, 2033 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 19, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,083,828 | Term ended Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 8,034,173 | In force no later than Jun 2027 | no later than Jun 2027 |
| US 7,828,889 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,531,598 | Term ended Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Application PCT/US2006/039360 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,399,738 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,541,323 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,901,731 | Term ended no later than Dec 2023 | no later than Dec 2023 |
8 of 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2019 Reel 48157, frame 549 | The Armor All/STP Products Company | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2019 Reel 48183, frame 811 | Royal Bank of Canada | The Armor All/STP Products Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2019 Reel 50829, frame 790 | The Armor All/STP Products Company | Energizer Auto, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 7, 2019 Reel 50943, frame 894 | Carrubba, Vincent | Idq Operating, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 30, 2020 Reel 54875, frame 651 | Energizer Brands, LLC; Energizer Auto, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 4, 2021 Reel 54799, frame 425 | Idq Operating, Inc. | The Armor All/STP Products Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 19, 2025 Reel 70565, frame 282 | Energizer Brands, LLC; Energizer Auto, Inc.,; Energizer Auto Sales, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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.
What's changing
Mar 2033
Term ends Mar 19, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 140 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2021 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.