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Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 12, 2024 (Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent).

Term ends Jul 16, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Jun 28, 2019 as application 16/456,384 · Granted Sep 20, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2011
Term ends
Jul 16, 2031
Granted
Sep 20, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Jul 16, 2011, when application 13/184,499, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 28, 2019)Jul 16, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderJul 16, 2031High confidence

This family

Application 13/184,499Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 10,358,871In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
US D872,310In force
no later than Jan 2035
no later than Jan 2035
US D878,635In force
no later than Mar 2035
no later than Mar 2035
US 11,447,965this patent
Jul 2031
Jul 2031
US 11,739,544In force
no later than Jul 2031
no later than Jul 2031
US 12,534,923In force
Jul 2031
Jul 2031
Application 19/456,512Pending
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
Mar 24, 2022
Reel 59390, frame 281
Honeycutt, Robert W.Safe Rack LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 14, 2022
Reel 61933, frame 415
Safe Rack LLCCerberus Business Finance Agency, LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 12, 2024
Reel 69618, frame 487
Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLCSafe Rack LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 12, 2024
Reel 69618, frame 509
Safe Rack LLCBank of America, N.A., as the Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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