Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 15, 2021 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Jan 20, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 25, 2029
Held by Oregon Tool, Inc.
Filed Oct 21, 2010 as application 12/909,712 · Granted Nov 24, 2015
Base term plus 574 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Jun 25, 2009
Jun 25, 2009
Term ends
Jan 20, 2031
Jan 20, 2031
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Nov 24, 2015
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
574
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
This patent's term runs 574 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jun 25, 2009, when application 12/492,017, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 21, 2010) | Jun 25, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +574 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 20, 2031 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 20, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,746,118 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2009/048968 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,192,997 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| Application 14/300,081 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2010 Reel 25184, frame 637 | Seigneur, Christopher; Osborne, Ian | Blount, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2011 Reel 26508, frame 841 | Blount, Inc. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Supplemental Patent Security Agreement |
| May 6, 2015 Reel 35595, frame 451 | Blount, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 6, 2015 Reel 35603, frame 495 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Speeco, Incorporated; Woods Equipment Company; Blount, Inc.; Blount International, Inc.; Dixon Industries, Inc.; Fabtek Corporation; Frederick Manufacturing Corporation; Gear Products, Inc.; Windsor Forestry Tools LLC; Omark Properties, Inc.; Bi, L.l.c.; 4520 Corp., Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Speeco, Incorporated | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Woods Equipment Company | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Blount, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Blount International, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Dixon Industries, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Fabtek Corporation | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Frederick Manufacturing Corporation | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Gear Products, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Windsor Forestry Tools LLC | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Omark Properties, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Bi, L.l.c. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | 4520 Corp., Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Apr 12, 2016 Reel 38419, frame 815 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Blount, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Filed at R/F 035595/0451 |
| Apr 13, 2016 Reel 38427, frame 148 | Blount, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 15, 2021 Reel 55304, frame 480 | Blount, Inc. | Oregon Tool, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 15, 2021 Reel 57827, frame 237 | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Oregon Tool, Inc. (F/K/A Blount, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 038427/0148 |
| Oct 15, 2021 Reel 57827, frame 381 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Speeco, Incorporated; Woods Equipment Company | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (TERM Loan) |
| Oct 19, 2021 Reel 57859, frame 549 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Speeco, Incorporated; Woods Equipment Company | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (ABL) |
| Mar 3, 2025 Reel 70376, frame 180 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Woods Equipment Company | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 3, 2025 Reel 70376, frame 194 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Woods Equipment Company | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Intercompany Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 3, 2025 Reel 70376, frame 220 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Woods Equipment Company | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 10, 2025 Reel 70454, frame 422 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Woods Equipment Co. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Third Lien Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 20, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 574 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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