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Ceiling Fan System

US 11,009,033 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 16, 2022 (U.S. Bank National Association).

Term ends Apr 5, 2029 · High confidence

Held by Moog, Inc.
Filed Dec 20, 2016 as application 15/384,361 · Granted May 18, 2021
Base term plus 177 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2008
Term ends
Apr 5, 2029
Granted
May 18, 2021
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
177
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
11
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 177 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 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 Oct 10, 2008, when application 12/249,086, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 20, 2016)Oct 10, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+177 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 5, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 5, 2029High confidence

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Application 60/978,860Provisional application
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US 8,147,182In force
Nov 2030
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US 8,672,649In force
Feb 2030
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Application PCT/US2009/036347PCT application
no patent term
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US 8,876,468In force
Jul 2029
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US 9,458,859In force
May 2030
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US 11,598,343In force
May 2033
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US 11,009,033this patent
Apr 2029
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8 of 11 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 22, 2018
Reel 45108, frame 832
Delta T, LLC (F/K/A Delta T Corporation)Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Aug 13, 2019
Reel 50044, frame 109
Delta T CorporationDelta T, LLCChange of Name
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 50784, frame 576
Hoffman Enclosures Inc.Delta T, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 50784, frame 630
Moog, Inc.Delta T, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 22, 2020
Reel 51584, frame 754
Aspen Motion Technologies, Inc.Hoffman Enclosures Inc.Merger
Jul 22, 2020
Reel 53281, frame 362
Oleson, Richard A.; Aynsley, Richard M.Delta T, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 22, 2021
Reel 55671, frame 928
Smith, J. Carey; Oleson, Richard A.; Aynsley, Richard M.; Fizer, Richard W.; Langston, John B.; Toy, Mark A.; Klemo, EliosDelta T Corporation; Aspen Motion Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 22, 2021
Reel 55671, frame 980
Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.Moog, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 22, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Fizer, Richard W.; Langston, John B.; Oleson, Richard A.; Smith, J. Carey; Toy, Mark A.; Aynsley, Richard M.; Klemo, EliosDelta T CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 22, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Fizer, Richard W.; Langston, John B.; Oleson, Richard A.; Smith, J. Carey; Toy, Mark A.; Aynsley, Richard M.; Klemo, EliosAspen Motion Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 26, 2021
Reel 57606, frame 105
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentDelta T, LLC (F/K/A Delta T Corporation)Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (045108/0832)
Dec 16, 2022
Reel 62142, frame 205
Delta T, LLCU.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 16, 2022
Reel 62142, frame 273
Delta T, LLCGoldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 16, 2026
Reel 76506, frame 387
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Existing AgentWells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor AgentAssignment of Patent Security Agreement, Recorded on December 16, 2022 at Reel/Frame 62142/0273

Sources

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