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Tethering Assembly and Method for Grinders and Like Tools

US 10,449,662 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 19, 2025 (Siena Lending Group LLC).

Term ends Oct 13, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Nov 16, 2016 as application 15/352,868 · Granted Oct 22, 2019
Base term plus 331 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2037
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2016
Term ends
Oct 13, 2037
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
base term patent term adjustment 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
331
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.
3
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 331 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Nov 16, 2016, when this application, 15/352,868, was filedNov 16, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+331 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 13, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 13, 2037High confidence

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US 10,449,662this patent
Oct 2037
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US D873,119In force
Jan 2035
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US 11,173,593In force
Feb 2037
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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
Nov 16, 2016
Reel 40343, frame 14
Moreau, Darrell A., MR.; Moreau, Andre W., MR.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
Dec 19, 2025
Reel 73969, frame 1
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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