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Ear Cleaning Device

US 10,219,951 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 22, 2020 (U.S. Bank National Association).

Term ends Jul 15, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Feb 26, 2016 as application 15/054,720 · Granted Mar 5, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Jul 15, 2013
Term ends
Jul 15, 2033
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,278,030, to Jul 15, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 15, 2013, when application 13/942,267, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 26, 2016)Jul 15, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,278,030)resolves to Jul 15, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 15, 2033High confidence

This family

US 9,278,030In force
Jul 2033
Jul 2033
US 10,219,951this patent
Jul 2033
Jul 2033
US 11,045,357In force
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
US 12,186,155In force
Jul 2033
Jul 2033
US 12,734,072In force
Oct 2033
Oct 2033
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, 2016
Reel 37871, frame 100
Olson, Richard C.Olson IP Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 7, 2018
Reel 44851, frame 780
Olson IP Technologies, Inc.Clinere Products, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 21, 2018
Reel 44987, frame 298
Clinere Products, LLCQuest Products, LLCMerger
Apr 16, 2018
Reel 45554, frame 360
Quest Products, LLCMB Financial Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 19, 2020
Reel 52992, frame 819
Fifth Third Bank, National Association (Successor in Interest to MB Financial Bank, N.A.), as Administrative AgentQuest Products, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 22, 2020
Reel 53005, frame 89
Quest Products, LLC; Orahealth, LLCU.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 27, 2024
Reel 66579, frame 931
Quest Products, LLC; Orahealth, LLC; Tec Laboratories, Inc. (T/B/K/A Tec Laboratories, LLC)JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 3, 2024
Reel 66628, frame 917
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Administrative AgentQuest Products, LLC; Orahealth, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 3, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Administrative AgentQuest Products, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 3, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Administrative AgentOrahealth, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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