Also listed on GLJ, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 16, 2019 (Cibc Bank USA).
Term ends Aug 9, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 30, 2026
Held by O2COOL, LLC
Filed Oct 30, 2006 as application 11/588,943 · Granted Nov 9, 2010
Base term plus 1014 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2006
Oct 30, 2006
Term ends
Aug 9, 2029
Aug 9, 2029
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
Nov 9, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,014
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.
44
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 1014 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 30, 2006, when this application, 11/588,943, was filed | Oct 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1014 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 9, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 9, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,828,524 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,016,270 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 |
| US D566,260 | Term ended Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| US D565,721 | Term ended Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| US D586,183 | Term ended Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| US D564,084 | Term ended Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US D564,083 | Term ended Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 7,806,388 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
8 of 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2011 Reel 26836, frame 616 | Chen, Yung | GLJ, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 11, 2011 Reel 27219, frame 971 | GLJ, LLC | O2COOL, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2011 Reel 27307, frame 232 | O2COOL, LLC | The Privatebank and Trust Company | Security Agreement |
| Apr 4, 2017 Reel 42153, frame 20 | O2 Holdings, LLC; O2COOL Asia, LLC; O2COOL, LLC | Legacytexas Bank, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Legacytexas Bank, As Administrative Agent | O2C Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Legacytexas Bank, As Administrative Agent | O2COOL, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Legacytexas Bank, As Administrative Agent | O2COOL Asia, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2018 Reel 49064, frame 748 | Legacytexas Bank, As Administrative Agent | O2C Holdings, LLC; O2COOL, LLC; O2COOL Asia, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 27, 2018 Reel 47986, frame 351 | O2COOL, LLC | Middleton O2COOL LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 28, 2018 Reel 47989, frame 501 | Middleton O2COOL LLC | O2COOL, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 3, 2019 Reel 49148, frame 436 | Cibc Bank USA, F/K/A the Privatebank and Trust Company | O2COOL LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48081, frame 806 | Middleton O2COOL LLC | Cibc Bank USA | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 9, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1014 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
35
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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