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Swivel connector assembly

US 10,036,416 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 13, 2025 (Siena Lending Group LLC).

Lapsed Jul 31, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Aug 10, 2015 as application 14/821,943 · Granted Jul 31, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 543 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 31, 2026
2013 2035
Clock starts
Aug 30, 2013
No longer in force
Jul 31, 2026
Granted
Jul 31, 2018
Term would have run to
Feb 24, 2035
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
543
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.
8
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 Feb 24, 2035: its 20-year base term plus 543 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 30, 2013, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Aug 10, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 30, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+543 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 24, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 31, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 31, 2026Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2012/032611PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US D718,596In force
Dec 2028
Dec 2028
US D718,597In force
Dec 2028
Dec 2028
US D718,598In force
Dec 2028
Dec 2028
Application 14/045,593Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,649,762Lapsed on the fee record
May 2025
May 2025
US 9,526,322In force
Aug 2033
Aug 2033
US 10,036,416this patent
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
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
Aug 10, 2015
Reel 36287, frame 834
Moreau, Darrell A.; Moreau, Andre W.Ty-Flot, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 22, 2018
Reel 46996, frame 246
Ty-Flot, Inc.Keybank National AssociationSecurity Interest
Nov 16, 2019
Reel 51041, frame 421
Ty-Flot, Inc.Pure Safety Group, Inc.Merger
Jan 5, 2021
Reel 54899, frame 409
Pure Safety Group, Inc.Keybank National AssociationSecurity Interest
Jun 9, 2021
Reel 56526, frame 546
Keybank National AssociationTy-Flot, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 9, 2021
Reel 56527, frame 428
Keybank National AssociationPure Safety Group, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 25, 2021
Reel 56684, frame 90
Pure Safety Group, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 10, 2025
Reel 69873, frame 853
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentPure Safety Group, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 13, 2025
Reel 70205, frame 813
Pure Safety Group, Inc.Siena Lending Group LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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