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Term ends Mar 22, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Mar 22, 2017 as application 15/466,465 · Granted May 5, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Mar 22, 2017
Term ends
Mar 22, 2037
Granted
May 5, 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.
4
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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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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 22, 2017, when this application, 15/466,465, was filedMar 22, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderMar 22, 2037High confidence

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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
Aug 30, 2018
Reel 46749, frame 888
Safe Rack LLCSuntrust Bank, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 14, 2022
Reel 61933, frame 415
Safe Rack LLCCerberus Business Finance Agency, LLCSecurity Interest
Nov 15, 2022
Reel 61767, frame 615
Truist Bank (Successor by Merger to Suntrust Bank)Safe Rack LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 12, 2024
Reel 69618, frame 487
Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLCSafe Rack LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 12, 2024
Reel 69618, frame 509
Safe Rack LLCBank of America, N.A., as the Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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