Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2023 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Apr 13, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 13, 2037
Held by Copeland LP
Filed Apr 13, 2017 as application 15/487,175 · Granted Sep 8, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Apr 13, 2017
Apr 13, 2017
Term ends
Apr 13, 2037
Apr 13, 2037
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 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.
24
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 Apr 13, 2017, when this application, 15/487,175, was filed | Apr 13, 2037 | 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 | Apr 13, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,656,026 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,763,740 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,277,115 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 10,305,373 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 9,965,928 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,320,322 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,312,798 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,770,966 | this patent Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
8 of 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2017 Reel 43334, frame 961 | Green, Charles E.; Marcinkiewicz, Joseph G.; Bockhorst, Kraig | Emerson Electric Co. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2018 Reel 44852, frame 126 | Emerson Electric Co. | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64058, frame 724 | Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. | Copeland LP | Entity Conversion |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64278, frame 598 | Copeland LP | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64279, frame 327 | Copeland LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64280, frame 695 | Copeland LP | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 9, 2024 Reel 68241, frame 264 | Copeland LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2037
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Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
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