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Methods and Systems for Controlling an Exercise Apparatus Using a USB Compatible Portable Remote Device

US 7,628,730 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ended Mar 28, 2022 · Medium confidence

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

Held by iFIT Inc.
Filed May 28, 2004 as application 10/856,676 · Granted Dec 8, 2009
Base term plus 994 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Mar 28, 2022
1999 2026
Clock starts
Jul 8, 1999
Term ended
Mar 28, 2022
Granted
Dec 8, 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
994
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
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 994 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 8, 1999, when application 09/349,608, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 28, 2004); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jul 8, 2019High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+994 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 28, 2022High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 28, 2022Medium confidence

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US 6,997,852Term ended
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US 6,626,799Term ended
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US 7,166,064Term ended
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US 6,918,858Lapsed on the fee record
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US 7,537,546Term ended
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US 7,628,730this patent
Mar 2022
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US 7,628,737In force
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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

The 40 most recent of 53 recorded documents are shown; the 13 earliest are not. 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
Aug 5, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Bank of America, N.A., Acting in Its Capacity as Agent for the LendersIcon 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 LendersUniversal Technical ServicesRelease 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 LendersIcon 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 LendersIcon - Altra LLCRelease 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 AgentIcon 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 AgentIcon 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 AgentIcon 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 AgentUniversal Technical ServicesRelease 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 AgentFree 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 AgentIcon 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 AgentIcon 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 LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentPatent Security Agreement
May 14, 2020
Reel 52671, frame 737
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentIcon IP, Inc.; Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
May 14, 2020
Reel 53548, frame 453
Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentPatent Security Agreement
May 14, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentIcon 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 AgentIcon Health & Fitness, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
May 13, 2021
Reel 56238, frame 818
Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 23, 2021
Reel 56654, frame 951
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentIcon Health & Fitness, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Jan 12, 2022
Reel 58742, frame 476
Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.iFIT Inc.Change of Name
Jan 31, 2022
Reel 58957, frame 531
Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.iFIT Inc.To Correct an Error in a Cover Sheet Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 058742/0476 - Correct Assignee Name Ifit Inc to Ifit Inc.
Feb 25, 2022
Reel 59249, frame 466
iFIT Inc.PLC Agent LLCSecurity Interest
Mar 1, 2022
Reel 59633, frame 313
iFIT Inc.Icon Preferred Holdings, L.p.Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Apr 28, 2022
Reel 60512, frame 315
iFIT Inc.Icon Preferred Holdings, L.p.Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Assignee's Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 059633 Frame: 0313. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
May 5, 2022
Reel 59857, frame 830
iFIT Inc.; Icon IP, Inc.LC9 Connected Holdings, LPSecurity Interest
Dec 20, 2023
Reel 66094, frame 529
iFIT Inc.; Icon IP, Inc.LC9 Connected Holdings, LPSecurity Interest
May 21, 2025
Reel 71336, frame 725
Icon Preferred Holdings, L.p.iFIT Inc.; Icon IP Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 21, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Icon Preferred Holdings, L.p.iFIT Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 21, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Icon Preferred Holdings, L.p.Icon IP Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 23, 2025
Reel 71358, frame 584
PLC Agent LLCiFIT Inc.; Icon IP, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 23, 2025
Reel 71351, frame 624
Bank Of America, N.a.iFIT, Inc. (F/K/A Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.); Icon IP, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 23, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.iFIT, Inc. (F/K/A Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
May 23, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Icon IP, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 23, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
PLC Agent LLCiFIT Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 23, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
PLC Agent LLCIcon IP, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 27, 2025
Reel 71407, frame 1
LC9 Connected Holdings, LPiFIT Inc.; Icon IP Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 27, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
LC9 Connected Holdings, LPiFIT Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 27, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
LC9 Connected Holdings, LPIcon IP Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 28, 2025
Reel 71429, frame 479
LC9 Connected Holdings, LPiFIT Inc.; Icon IP Inc.Release of Intellectual Property Security Interest (4TH Lien)
May 28, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
LC9 Connected Holdings, LPiFIT Inc.Release of Intellectual Property Security Interest (4TH Lien)
May 28, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
LC9 Connected Holdings, LPIcon IP Inc.Release of Intellectual Property Security Interest (4TH Lien)

Sources

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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