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Rapid-entry footwear having a stabilizer and an elastic element

US 12,121,096 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 13, 2025 (Siena Lending Group LLC).

Term ends Jul 29, 2040 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Fast IP, LLC
Filed Mar 19, 2024 as application 18/610,029 · Granted Oct 22, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Jul 29, 2020
Term ends
Jul 29, 2040
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
0 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.
7
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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 29, 2020, when application 16/942,335, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 19, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jul 29, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 29, 2040Medium confidence

This family

US 11,633,005In force
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US 12,274,325In force
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US 11,633,006In force
Jul 2040
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US 11,871,811In force
no later than Jul 2040
no later than Jul 2040
US 12,471,660In force
no later than Jul 2040
no later than Jul 2040
US 12,121,096this patent
Jul 2040
Jul 2040
Application 19/035,476Pending
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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
Sep 20, 2024
Reel 68646, frame 444
Pratt, Michael; Cheney, CraigFast IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 13, 2025
Reel 71580, frame 540
Kizik Design, LLC; Fast IP, LLC; Handsfree Labs Licensing, LLC; Handsfree Labs, Inc.Siena Lending Group LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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