Term ends May 24, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 10, 2034
Filed Apr 17, 2015 as application 14/689,766 · Granted Aug 11, 2020
Base term plus 1171 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2037
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2014
Mar 10, 2014
Term ends
May 24, 2037
May 24, 2037
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Aug 11, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,171
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.
8
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 1171 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 10, 2014, when application 14/202,047, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 17, 2015) | Mar 10, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1171 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 24, 2037 | 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 24, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,024,759 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US D755,037 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 10,738,504 | this patent May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 11,408,201 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 11,408,202 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 11,913,252 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 12,320,154 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application 19/031,577 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 22, 2016 Reel 39116, frame 293 | Kwikset Corporation | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | Merger |
| Jul 31, 2020 Reel 53375, frame 416 | Glofish LLC; Spectrum Brands, Inc.; Spectrum Brands Pet Group Inc.; Spectrum Brands Pet LLC | Royal Bank of Canada | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 20, 2023 Reel 64029, frame 313 | Royal Bank of Canada | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 21, 2023 Reel 65658, frame 105 | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | Assa Abloy Americas Residential Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2037
Term ends May 24, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1171 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
36
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.