Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 5, 2024 (Old Second National Bank).
Term ends Mar 27, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 27, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Sunless, Inc.
Filed Sep 4, 2012 as application 13/602,532 · Granted Apr 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Mar 27, 2009
Mar 27, 2009
Term ends
Mar 27, 2029
Mar 27, 2029
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
5
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 27, 2009, when application 12/412,880, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 4, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 27, 2029 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 12/412,880 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US D671,405 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US D671,404 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,701,933 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US D682,679 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2016 Reel 38413, frame 302 | Sunless, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 8, 2019 Reel 49116, frame 603 | Thomason, Scott R. | MT Manufacturing, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2019 Reel 49116, frame 634 | MT Manufacturing, Inc. | MT Industries, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 8, 2019 Reel 49116, frame 660 | MT Industries, Inc. | Sunless, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 22, 2019 Reel 50130, frame 654 | Sunless Intermediate Holding Company; Sunless, Inc. | Whitehorse Capital Management, LLC | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Aug 26, 2019 Reel 50170, frame 428 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Sunless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 5, 2024 Reel 68849, frame 145 | Whitehorse Capital Management, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Sunless Intermediate Holding Company; Sunless, Inc. | Notice of Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Sep 5, 2024 Reel 68856, frame 24 | Sunless Holding Company; Sunless Intermediate Holding Company; Sunless, Inc. | Old Second National Bank, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 5, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Whitehorse Capital Management, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Sunless Intermediate Holding Company | Notice of Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Sep 5, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Whitehorse Capital Management, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Sunless, Inc. | Notice of Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 27, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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