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Self-Correcting Drive for Retractable Cargo Canopy

US 8,752,881 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 6, 2017 (The Private Bank and Trust Company).

Lapsed Jun 17, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jul 19, 2012 as application 13/553,261 · Granted Jun 17, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 139 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 17, 2022
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jul 19, 2012
No longer in force
Jun 17, 2022
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
Term would have run to
Dec 5, 2032
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
139
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
4
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 Dec 5, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 139 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 Jul 19, 2012, when this application, 13/553,261, was filedJul 19, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+139 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 5, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 17, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 17, 2022High confidence

This family

US 8,752,881this patent
Jun 2022
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US 9,136,694In force
Nov 2032
Nov 2032
US 9,887,536In force
Aug 2032
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3 of 4 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
Mar 2, 2017
Reel 41441, frame 977
Chenowth, RoryRoll-Rite LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 6, 2017
Reel 41472, frame 565
Roll-Rite LLCThe Private Bank and Trust Company, as AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 6, 2018
Reel 47693, frame 321
Cibc Bank USA (F/K/A the Privatebank and Trust Company)Roll-Rite LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 18, 2018
Reel 47948, frame 810
Roll-Rite LLCGoldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents - First Lien
Dec 18, 2018
Reel 47948, frame 831
Roll-Rite LLCUBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents - Second Lien
Feb 15, 2024
Reel 66613, frame 211
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentRoll-Rite, LLCRelease of First Lien Security Interest in Patents (Releases RF 047948/0810)
Feb 16, 2024
Reel 66624, frame 195
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentRoll-Rite, LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents (Releases RF 047948/0831)

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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