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System and Method for Controlling an Exercise Apparatus

US 7,618,346 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed Nov 17, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Bowflex Inc.
Filed Feb 26, 2004 as application 10/789,579 · Granted Nov 17, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 747 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 17, 2021
2004 2026
Clock starts
Feb 26, 2004
No longer in force
Nov 17, 2021
Granted
Nov 17, 2009
Term would have run to
Mar 14, 2026
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
747
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 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.
31
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Mar 14, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 747 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Feb 26, 2004, when this application, 10/789,579, was filedFeb 26, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+747 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 14, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Nov 17, 2021High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 17, 2021High confidence

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Application 60/548,787Provisional application
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Application 60/548,265Provisional application
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Application 60/548,786Provisional application
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Application 60/548,811Provisional application
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Application PCT/US2004/006140PCT application
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8 of 31 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
Jun 7, 2004
Reel 14702, frame 534
Crawford, Douglas A.; Smith, Bradley J.Nautilus, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 13, 2007
Reel 20098, frame 682
Nautilus, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest
Feb 19, 2008
Reel 20525, frame 445
Nautilus, Inc.; Dashamerica, Inc.Bank Of America, N.a.Security Agreement
Feb 3, 2010
Reel 23882, frame 981
Bank Of America, N.a.Nautilus, Inc.; Dashamerica, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 3, 2010
Reel 23892, frame 32
Bank Of America, N.a.Nautilus, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 3, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Dashamerica, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 19, 2010
Reel 24103, frame 691
Nautilus, Inc.Bank of the WestSecurity Agreement
Dec 7, 2015
Reel 37231, frame 613
Bank of the WestNautilus, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 1, 2019
Reel 48751, frame 963
Nautilus, Inc.; Of Holdings, Inc.; Octane Fitness, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 31, 2020
Reel 51763, frame 734
Nautilus, Inc.; Octane Fitness, LLCWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Jan 31, 2020
Reel 51765, frame 492
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Nautilus, Inc.; Of Holdings, Inc.; Octane Fitness, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 31, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Nautilus, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 31, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Of Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 31, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Octane Fitness, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 7, 2023
Reel 65808, frame 931
Nautilus, Inc.Bowflex Inc.Change of Name
Mar 4, 2024
Reel 66760, frame 631
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationBowflex Inc. (F/K/A Nautilus, Inc.)Release of Security Interest

Sources

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