Term ends Jun 24, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 9, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Aug 24, 2016 as application 15/246,524 · Granted Jun 28, 2022
Base term plus 1203 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2038
Clock starts
Mar 9, 2015
Mar 9, 2015
Term ends
Jun 24, 2038
Jun 24, 2038
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Jun 28, 2022
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
1,203
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.
12
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 1203 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 9, 2015, when application 14/642,743, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 24, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 9, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1203 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 24, 2038 | 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 | Jun 24, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,971,557 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,113,152 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 9,485,962 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,497,932 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 11,369,083 | this patent Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 9,629,336 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,943,065 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 10,238,089 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2019 Reel 49424, frame 498 | Paxton, Stephen E.; Lugo-paxton, Lisa M. | Hyper Pet Brands LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 24, 2019 Reel 49562, frame 791 | Hyper Pet Brands LLC | Cosmic Pet Brands LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 57908, frame 871 | Cosmic Pet LLC; Cosmic Pet Brands LLC; Pet Fusion LLC; Ourpet's Company | Bank of Montreal | Abl Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 57908, frame 895 | Cosmic Pet LLC; Cosmic Pet Brands LLC; Pet Fusion LLC; Ourpet's Company | Bank of Montreal | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 58014, frame 652 | Cosmic Pet LLC; Cosmic Pet Brands LLC; Pet Fusion LLC; Ourpet's Company | Bank of Montreal | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Nov 9, 2022 Reel 61711, frame 605 | Cosmic Pet Brands, LLC | Cosmic Pet, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2024 Reel 66380, frame 304 | Cosmic Pet, LLC | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2038
Term ends Jun 24, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1203 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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.