Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 19, 2025 (Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.).
Term ends Jun 5, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 5, 2040
Held by Perimeter Solutions, LP
Filed Jun 5, 2020 as application 16/894,214 · Granted Mar 30, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jun 5, 2020
Jun 5, 2020
Term ends
Jun 5, 2040
Jun 5, 2040
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Mar 30, 2021
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.
12
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 Jun 5, 2020, when this application, 16/894,214, was filed | Jun 5, 2040 | 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 | Jun 5, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,960,249 | this patent Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2020/036360 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,960,251 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| US 11,607,570 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| US 11,344,760 | In force no later than Jun 2040 | no later than Jun 2040 |
| US 11,554,279 | In force Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
| US 11,554,280 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| US 11,534,643 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
8 of 12 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 5, 2020 Reel 53406, frame 959 | Hulbert, Dennis; Burnham, Robert J.; Schnarr, Michael S.; Geissler, Gerald; McLellan, Joseph | FRS Group, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 5, 2020 Reel 53407, frame 24 | Wilkening, David W. | FRS Group, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2023 Reel 63868, frame 441 | FRS Group LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2025 Reel 71285, frame 944 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Collateral Agent | FRS Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 2, 2025 Reel 72791, frame 298 | Fortress North America, LLC; FRS Group LLC; Compass Minerals America Inc. | Perimeter Solutions, LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2025 Reel 74007, frame 465 | Perimeter Solutions LP | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 2, 2026 Reel 73353, frame 552 | Perimeter Solutions LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 2, 2026 Reel 74174, frame 258 | Perimeter Solutions LP | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Notes Patent Security Agreement |
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Jun 2040
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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