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Protective Helmets Including Non-Linearly Deforming Elements

US 10,813,402 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on VPG Acquisitionco, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 16, 2021 (Innovatus Flagship Fund I, LP).

Term ends Feb 19, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Mar 23, 2016 as application 15/078,848 · Granted Oct 27, 2020
Base term plus 333 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2037
Clock starts
Mar 23, 2016
Term ends
Feb 19, 2037
Granted
Oct 27, 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
333
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.
5
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 333 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 Mar 23, 2016, when this application, 15/078,848, was filedMar 23, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+333 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 19, 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 orderFeb 19, 2037High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2014/064173PCT application
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no patent term
US 10,813,402this patent
Feb 2037
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US 10,966,479In force
Jun 2035
Jun 2035
Application 16/949,287Abandoned
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Application 17/191,125Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 15, 2016
Reel 38298, frame 823
Leonard, Paul C.Vicis, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 6, 2018
Reel 47694, frame 169
Posner, Jonathan D.; Dardis Ii, John T.; Reinhall, Per G.University of Washington Through Its Center for CommercializationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 13, 2018
Reel 47829, frame 835
Posner, Jonathan D.; Dardis Ii, John T.; Reinhall, Per G.University of WashingtonCorrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Previously Recorded at Reel: 047694 Frame: 0169. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Oct 8, 2020
Reel 54027, frame 726
Posner, Jonathan D.; Dardis, John T., II; Reinhall, Per G.University of WashingtonCorrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrectly Spelled Name of the First Named Inventor Previously Recorded at Reel: 047829 Frame: 0835. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Nov 30, 2020
Reel 54494, frame 631
Vicis, Inc.VPG Acquisitionco, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 29, 2021
Reel 56105, frame 391
VPG Acquisitionco, LLCVicis IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 22, 2021
Reel 56648, frame 771
Schutt Sports, LLC; Schutt Sports Re, LLC; Schutt Sports IP, LLC; Field to Field, LLC; Vicis, LLC; Vicis IP, LLC; Schutt Acquisitionco, LLC; Vicis Acquisitionco, LLC; Certor Sports, LLCSiena Lending Group LLCSecurity Agreement
Jul 16, 2021
Reel 56893, frame 877
Certor Sports, LLC; Vicis Acquisitionco, LLC; Vicis, LLC; Vicis IP, LLC; Schutt Acquisitionco, LLC; Schutt Sports, LLC; Schutt Sports Re, LLC; Schutt Sports IP, LLC; Field to Field, LLCInnovatus Flagship Fund I, LPSecurity Interest
Jul 18, 2022
Reel 60692, frame 32
Schutt Sports IP, LLC; Vicis IP, LLCSiena Lending Group LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 25, 2025
Reel 72922, frame 94
Vicis IP, LLC; Schutt Sports IP, LLCMidcap Funding IV TrustSecurity Interest
Oct 3, 2025
Reel 72961, frame 780
Siena Lending Group LLCSchutt Sports IP, LLC; Vicis IP, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 3, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Siena Lending Group LLCSchutt Sports IP, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 3, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Siena Lending Group LLCVicis IP, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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