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Ear Cleaning Device

US 11,045,357 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 22, 2020 (U.S. Bank National Association).

Term ends Nov 7, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Feb 1, 2019 as application 16/265,072 · Granted Jun 29, 2021
Base term plus 115 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Jul 15, 2013
Term ends
Nov 7, 2033
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
115
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 115 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 Jul 15, 2013, when application 13/942,267, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 1, 2019)Jul 15, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+115 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 7, 2033High 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 orderNov 7, 2033High confidence

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US 12,186,155In force
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US 12,734,072In force
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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
Nov 4, 2019
Reel 50908, frame 181
Olson, Richard C.Olson IP Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 4, 2019
Reel 50908, frame 230
Olson IP Technologies, Inc.Clinere Products, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 4, 2019
Reel 50908, frame 249
Clinere Products, LLCQuest Products, LLCMerger
Jun 22, 2020
Reel 53005, frame 89
Quest Products, LLC; Orahealth, LLCU.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 27, 2024
Reel 66579, frame 931
Quest Products, LLC; Orahealth, LLC; Tec Laboratories, Inc. (T/B/K/A Tec Laboratories, LLC)JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 3, 2024
Reel 66628, frame 917
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Administrative AgentQuest Products, LLC; Orahealth, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 3, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Administrative AgentQuest Products, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 3, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Administrative AgentOrahealth, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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