Term ended Nov 2, 2020 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 8, 2019
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jun 28, 2021.
Held by Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.
Filed Sep 29, 2003 as application 10/674,911 · Granted May 26, 2009
Base term plus 483 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Nov 2, 2020
1999
2026
Clock starts
Jul 8, 1999
Jul 8, 1999
Term ended
Nov 2, 2020
Nov 2, 2020
Granted
May 26, 2009
May 26, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
483
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
35
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 483 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jul 8, 1999, when application 09/349,608, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2003); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 8, 2019 | 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 | +483 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 2, 2020 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jun 28, 2021, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 2, 2020 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 6,997,852 | Term ended Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| Application 09/907,846 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 6,626,799 | Term ended Mar 2020 | Mar 2020 |
| US 7,166,064 | Term ended Aug 2020 | Aug 2020 |
| US 6,918,858 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 |
| US 7,537,546 | this patent Nov 2020 | Nov 2020 |
| US 7,628,730 | Term ended Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 7,628,737 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
8 of 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2004 Reel 14936, frame 951 | Watterson, Scott R.; Dalebout, William T.; Ashby, Darren C. | Icon IP, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2005 Reel 16735, frame 410 | Icon IP, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Collateral Assignment and Security Agreement |
| Dec 2, 2005 Reel 16844, frame 452 | Icon IP, Inc. | Back Bay Capital Funding LLC | Security Agreement |
| Aug 24, 2010 Reel 24906, frame 311 | Blue Ridge Investments, L.L.C., (Successon Interest to Back Bay Capital Funding LLC) | Icon IP, Inc., a Delaware Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 24, 2010 Reel 25105, frame 106 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Icon IP, Inc., a Delaware Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2010 Reel 24953, frame 310 | Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; HF Holdings, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Icon International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Universal Technical Services, A Utah Corporation; Free Motion Fitness, Inc., a Utah Corporation; Icon IP, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; 510152 N.B. Ltd., a New Brunswick, Canada Corporation; Icon du Canada Inc., a Quebec, Canada Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 4, 2010 Reel 25309, frame 683 | Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Icon International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Universal Technical Services, A Utah Corporation; Free Motion Fitness, Inc., a Utah Corporation; Icon IP, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; 510152 N.B. Ltd., a New Brunswick, Canada Corporation; Icon du Canada Inc., a Quebec, Canada Corporation | Wilmington Trust Fsb, As Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 19, 2010 Reel 25304, frame 570 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Icon IP, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2014 Reel 34650, frame 13 | Icon IP, Inc. | Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2015 Reel 36104, frame 833 | Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.; Icon IP, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 5, 2016 Reel 39584, frame 886 | Bank of America, N.A., Acting in Its Capacity as Agent for the Lenders | Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.; Free Motion Fitness, Inc.; HF Holdings, Inc.; Icon International Holdings, Inc.; Icon IP, Inc.; Universal Technical Services; Icon du Canada Inc.; Icon - Altra LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., Acting in Its Capacity as Agent for the Lenders | Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., Acting in Its Capacity as Agent for the Lenders | Free Motion Fitness, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., Acting in Its Capacity as Agent for the Lenders | HF Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., Acting in Its Capacity as Agent for the Lenders | Icon International Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., Acting in Its Capacity as Agent for the Lenders | Icon IP, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., Acting in Its Capacity as Agent for the Lenders | Universal Technical Services | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., Acting in Its Capacity as Agent for the Lenders | Icon du Canada Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., Acting in Its Capacity as Agent for the Lenders | Icon - Altra LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 8, 2016 Reel 39610, frame 346 | Wilmington Trust,national Association (as Successor by Merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as Collateral Agent | Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.; Icon International Holdings, Inc.; Universal Technical Services; Free Motion Fitness, Inc.; Icon IP, Inc.; Icon du Canada Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Aug 8, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust,national Association (as Successor by Merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as Collateral Agent | Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Aug 8, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust,national Association (as Successor by Merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as Collateral Agent | Icon International Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Aug 8, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust,national Association (as Successor by Merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as Collateral Agent | Universal Technical Services | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Aug 8, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust,national Association (as Successor by Merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as Collateral Agent | Free Motion Fitness, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Aug 8, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust,national Association (as Successor by Merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as Collateral Agent | Icon IP, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Aug 8, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust,national Association (as Successor by Merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as Collateral Agent | Icon du Canada Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Aug 12, 2016 Reel 39669, frame 311 | Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.; HF Holdings, Inc.; Universal Technical Services; Icon IP, Inc.; Free Motion Fitness, Inc.; Icon-Altra LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 14, 2020 Reel 52671, frame 737 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Icon IP, Inc.; Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| May 14, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Icon IP, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| May 14, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
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Citations
258
later US patents cite this one
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