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Cooking Device and Components Thereof

US 11,304,561 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 20, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Aug 21, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Mar 18, 2019 as application 16/357,194 · Granted Apr 19, 2022
Base term plus 12 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2018
Term ends
Aug 21, 2038
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
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
12
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 11,363,910, to Aug 21, 2038. 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.
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 12 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 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 9, 2018, when application 16/059,876, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 18, 2019)Aug 9, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+12 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 21, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,363,910)resolves to Aug 21, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 21, 2038High confidence

This family

US 11,278,151In force
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Application 16/357,282Abandoned
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US 10,674,868In force
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US 10,660,472In force
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US 10,646,070In force
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US 10,390,656In force
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US 11,304,561this patent
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US 11,089,903In force
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 18, 2019
Reel 48630, frame 393
Gill, Aaron Michael; Richardson, Ross; Zabel, Naomi Kalia Williams; Deng, Da; Gursel, Mete; Tattersfield, Andrew John Roy; Denham, Niall Christopher; Jackson, Roger Neil; Leahy, Ronan Patrick; White, Evan James; Guerin, Thomas; Martin, Chris; Lavins, Nathaniel R.; Swanhart, Mackenzie Lee; Ferguson, Samuel Andrew; Stewart, Scott JamesSharkNinja Operating LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 20, 2023
Reel 64600, frame 98
SharkNinja Operating LLCBank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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