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 Nov 7, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 2, 2032
Filed Feb 22, 2019 as application 16/283,132 · Granted Sep 14, 2021
Base term plus 279 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2012
Feb 2, 2012
Term ends
Nov 7, 2032
Nov 7, 2032
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Sep 14, 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
279
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,359,219, to Nov 7, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 279 days past its 20-year base term on 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 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 Feb 2, 2012, when application 13/365,006, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 22, 2019) | Feb 2, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +279 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 7, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,359,219) | resolves to Nov 7, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 7, 2032 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 Reel 50829, frame 790 | The Armor All/STP Products Company | Energizer Auto, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 5, 2019 Reel 50919, frame 188 | 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 |
| Aug 4, 2021 Reel 57081, frame 933 | 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
Nov 2032
Term ends Nov 7, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 279 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,359,219, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
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.