Term ends Mar 27, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 2, 2024
Filed Nov 2, 2004 as application 10/980,085 · Granted Jul 5, 2011
Base term plus 875 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Nov 2, 2004
Nov 2, 2004
Term ends
Mar 27, 2027
Mar 27, 2027
Granted
Jul 5, 2011
Jul 5, 2011
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
875
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.
12
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 875 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 Nov 2, 2004, when this application, 10/980,085, was filed | Nov 2, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +875 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 27, 2027 | 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 | Mar 27, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,971,557 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,113,152 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 9,485,962 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,497,932 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 11,369,083 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 9,629,336 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,943,065 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 10,238,089 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
8 of 12 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 1, 2017 Reel 43392, frame 750 | Paxton, Stephen E.; Lugo-paxton, Lisa M. | Ultra Paws, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 28, 2018 Reel 47612, frame 819 | Ultra Paws, LLC | Ultra Paws, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2019 Reel 48319, frame 572 | R2P Global LLC; R2P Group Inc.; R2P Pet Limited; Ultra Paws, Inc. | Hyper Pet Brands LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 57908, frame 871 | Cosmic Pet LLC; Cosmic Pet Brands LLC; Pet Fusion LLC; Ourpet's Company | Bank of Montreal | Abl Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 57908, frame 895 | Cosmic Pet LLC; Cosmic Pet Brands LLC; Pet Fusion LLC; Ourpet's Company | Bank of Montreal | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 58014, frame 652 | Cosmic Pet LLC; Cosmic Pet Brands LLC; Pet Fusion LLC; Ourpet's Company | Bank of Montreal | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Nov 9, 2022 Reel 61711, frame 849 | Hyper Pet Brands, LLC | Cosmic Pet, LLC | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Jan 18, 2024 Reel 66380, frame 304 | Cosmic Pet, LLC | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 27, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 875 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 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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