Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 18, 2020 (Truist Bank).
Term ends May 7, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 7, 2038
Held by Whitmor, Inc.
Filed May 7, 2018 as application 15/973,476 · Granted Feb 25, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
May 7, 2018
May 7, 2018
Term ends
May 7, 2038
May 7, 2038
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Feb 25, 2020
base term
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
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 7, 2018, when this application, 15/973,476, was filed | May 7, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 | May 7, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/502,218 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,568,421 | this patent May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 10,856,657 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2018 Reel 46055, frame 510 | Felsenthal, Sandy; Budzak, Lauren | Whitmor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 18, 2020 Reel 54152, frame 604 | Whitmor, Inc. | Truist Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 10, 2023 Reel 65197, frame 561 | Whitmor, Inc. | Gibraltar Business Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 16, 2023 Reel 65236, frame 373 | Whitmor, Inc. | Truist Bank | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 29, 2025 Reel 72234, frame 716 | Gibraltar Business Capital, LLC | Whitmor, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
May 2038
Term ends May 7, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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