Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 5, 2024 (Old Second National Bank).
Term ends Apr 18, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 5, 2032
Held by Sunless, Inc.
Filed Jul 5, 2012 as application 13/542,406 · Granted Jul 29, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jul 5, 2012
Jul 5, 2012
Term ends
Apr 18, 2031
Apr 18, 2031
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Jul 29, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,486,030.
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.
2
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 5, 2012, when this application, 13/542,406, was filed | Jul 5, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,486,030) | capped to Apr 18, 2031 | 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 | Apr 18, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,790,319 | this patent Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2012/046017 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2012 Reel 28495, frame 674 | Thomason, Scott; Cooper, Steven C.; Sweat, Charles R. | MT Industries, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 10, 2012 Reel 28519, frame 62 | MT Industries, Inc. | Sunless, Inc. | Merger |
| May 19, 2015 Reel 35674, frame 747 | Sunless, Inc. | Evolv Brands, Inc. | License |
| Aug 22, 2019 Reel 50130, frame 654 | Sunless Intermediate Holding Company; Sunless, Inc. | Whitehorse Capital Management, LLC | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| 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 |
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What's changing
Apr 2031
Term ends Apr 18, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,486,030.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
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