Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 5, 2018 (Credit Suisse International).
Term ends Aug 31, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
Filed Jan 22, 2018 as application 15/876,560 · Granted Aug 6, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2012
Aug 31, 2012
Term ends
Aug 31, 2032
Aug 31, 2032
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Aug 6, 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.
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.
12
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 31, 2012, when application 13/600,567, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 22, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 31, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 31, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 13/600,567 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,037,675 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| Application 14/728,678 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,255,784 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 10,375,543 | this patent Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,621,848 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 10,560,820 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 11,096,024 | In force no later than Aug 2032 | no later than Aug 2032 |
8 of 12 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2018 Reel 44891, frame 392 | McQueen, Keith; Nibler, David; Uy, Dindo; Goldman, David | Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 12, 2018 Reel 45302, frame 847 | Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Conversion |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46500, frame 291 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Aqua Products, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Abl Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46622, frame 1 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Aqua Products, Inc. | Credit Suisse International | Security Interest |
| Feb 1, 2022 Reel 58922, frame 901 | Credit Suisse International | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement Assignment |
| Feb 3, 2022 Reel 58982, frame 912 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Aqua Products, Inc.; Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Zodiac Pool Systems. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Aqua Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Cover-Pools Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Zodiac Pool Systems. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Aug 2032
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